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EXERCISE PROBLEMS
1) Divide 1458 into two parts such that one may be to the other as 2 : 7?
2) Find three numbers in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3, so that the sum of their
squares is equal to 504?
3) A, B, C and D are four quantities of the same kind such that A : B = 3 : 4,
B : C = 8 : 9, C : D = 15 : 16. Find the ratio of A : D and A : B : C : D?
4) A:B=1:2, B:C=3:4, C:D=6:9 and D:E=12:16. Find A:B:C:D:E?
5) A greyhound pursues a hare and takes 5 leaps for every 6 leaps of the
hare. But 4 leaps of the hound are equal to 5 leaps of the hare. Compare the
rates of the hound and the hare.
6) A can do a piece of work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. Find
the number of days it takes B to do the same piece of work.
7) One man adds 3 litres of water to 12 litres of milk and another 4 litres of
water to 10 litres of milk. What is the ratio of the strengths of milk in the
two mixtures?
8) Rs 425 is divided among 4 men, 5 women and 6 boys so that the share of a
man, a woman and a boy may be in the ratio of 9 : 8 : 4. What is the share of a
woman?
9) If a cartoon containing a dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following
cannot be the ratio of broken mirrors to unbroken mirrors?
10) Find the fourth proportional to the numbers 6, 8, 15.
11) Find the third proportion to 15, 20.

12) Find the mean proportional between 3 and 75.

13) If 5 balls cost Rs 8, what do 15 balls cost?
14) If 15 men can reap a field in 28 days, in how many days will 10 men reap
it?
15) If 15 books cost Rs 35, what do 21 books cost?
16) In a given time 12 persons make 111 toys. In the same time 148 toys are to
be made. How many persons should be employed?
17) A fort had provision for 150 men for 45 days. After 10 days 25 men left
the fort. How long will be the food last at the same rate?
18) If 8 men can reap 80 hectares in 24 days, how many hectares can 36 men
reap in 30 days?
19) If 30 men working 7 hrs a day can do piece of work in 18 days, in how
many days will 21 men working 8 hrs a day do the same piece of work?
20) If 15 men or 24 women or 36 boys do a piece of work in 12 days, working
8 hrs a day does the same piece of work?
21) A garrison of 2200 men is provisioned for 16 weeks at the rate of 45 dag
per day per man. How many men must leave the garrison so that the same
provisions may last 24 weeks at 33 dag per day per man?
22) Two cogged wheels of which one has 16 cogs and the other has 27, work
into each other. If the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute,
how often does the other turn in 8 seconds?
23) If 30 men can do a piece of work in 27 days, in what time can 18 men do
another piece of work 3 times as great?

24) If a family of 7 persons can live on Rs 840 for 36 days, how long can a
family of 9 persons live on Rs 810?
25) If 100 copies of a book of 13 sheets require 26 reams of paper, how much
paper is required for 5000 copies of a book of 17 sheets?
26) If 6 men can do a piece of work in 30 days of 9 hours each, how many men
will it take to do 10 times the amount of work if they work for 25 days of 8
hours?
27) In a given period, 9 persons can make 108 toys. How many persons are
needed to make 48 toys in the same period?
28) 8 men can reap 80 hectares in 24 days. How many hectares can 36 men
reap in 30 days?
29) Divide Rs 1350 into three shares proportional to the numbers 2, 3, 4.
30) Divide Rs 391 into three parts proportional to the fractions , 2/3, .
31) A certain sum of money is divided among A, B, C so that for each rupee A
has, B has 65 p and C has 40 p. If Cs share is Rs 8, find the sum of money.
32) Divide Rs 1540 among A, B, and C so that A shall receive 2/9 as much as B
and C together, and B 3/11 of what A and C together do.
33) Divide 581 into three parts such that 4 times of the first may be equal to
5 times the second and 7 times the third.
34) Divide Rs.2430 among 3 persons A, B, C so that if their shares be
diminished by Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 15 respectively, the remainders shall be in the
ratio 3:4:5.

35) Divide Rs 1320 among 7 men, 11 women and 5 boys so that each woman
may have 3 times as much as a boy, and a man as much as a woman and a boy
together. Find how much each person receives.
36) How many rupees, fifty-paise coins and twenty-five-paise coins of which
the numbers are proportional to 2.5,3 and 4 are together worth Rs 210?
37) In 40 litres mixture of milk and water the ratio of milk and water is 3:1.
How much water should be added in the mixture so that the ratio of milk to
water becomes 2:1?
38) In 30 litres mixture of milk and water the ratio of milk and water is 7:3.
Find the quantity of water to be added in the mixture in order to make this
ratio 3:7?
39) A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 3:2. If 4 litres of water is
added to the mixture, milk and water in the mixture become equal. Find the
quantities of milk and water in the mixture.
40) A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 8:3. On adding 3 litres of
water, the ratio of milk to water becomes 2:1. Find the quantity of milk and
water in the mixture.
41) A sum of money is divided between two persons in the ratio of 3:5. If the
share of one person is Rs 20 less than that of the other, find the sum.
42) The prices of a scooter and a moped are in the ratio of 9:5. If a scooter
costs Rs.4200 more than a moped, find the price of the moped.
43) Sides of a hexagon become 3 times. Find the ratio of the areas of the
new and the old hexagons.
44) The ratio of the diagonals of 2 squares is 2:1. Find the ratio of their
areas.

45) The ratio of the radii (or diameters) of 2 circles is 3:4. Find the ratio of
their areas.
46) Sides of 2 cubes are in the ratio 2:1. Find the ratio of their volumes.
47) The ratio between 2 numbers is 3:4. If each number were increased by 2,
the ratio becomes 7:9. Find the numbers.
48) The ratio between 2 numbers is 3:4. If each number were increased by 6,
the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the 2 numbers.
49) The students in 3 classes are in the ratio 2:3:5. If 20 students are
increased in each class, the ratio changes to 4:5:7. What is the total number
of students in the 3 classes before the increase?
50) The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:2 and their expenditures in the
ratio 5:3. If each saves Rs. 2000, what is their income?
51) The incomes of Ram and Shyam are in the ratio 8:11 and their
expenditures are in the ratio 7:10. If each of them saves Rs. 500, what are
their incomes and expenditures?
52) The speed of three cars is in the ratio 2:3:4. What is the ratio between
the times taken by these cars to travel the same distance?
53) The same type of work is assigned to 3 groups of men. The ratio of
persons in the groups is 3:4:5. Find the ratio of days in which they will
complete the work?
54) The sum of two numbers is 40 and their difference is 4. What is the ratio
of the 2 numbers?
55) The sum of 3 numbers is 98. If the ratio between first and second were
2:3 and that between second and third be 5:8, then find the second number?

56) The ratio of the money with Rita and Sita is 7:15 and that with Sita and
Kavita is 7:16. If Rita has Rs 490, how much money does Kavita has?
57) Find the number which when added to the terms of the ratio 11:23 makes
it equal to the ratio 4:7.
58) Find the number which when subtracted from the terms of the ratio
11:23 makes it equal to the ratio 3:7.
59) Form the compound ratio of the ratios 45:75, 3:4, 51:68 and 256:81.
60) If A:B = 6:7 and B:C = 8:9, find A:B:C?
61) The sum of 2 numbers is 20 and their difference is 2 1/2. Find the ratio
of the numbers.
62) If 0.7 of one number were equal to 0.075 of another, what is the ratio of
the two numbers?
63) Find a fraction which shall bear the same ratio to 1/27 that 3/11 does to
5/9.
64) Two sums of money are proportional to 8:9. If the first is Rs 20, what is
the other?
65) Find two numbers in the ratio of 5 5/7 to 5 such that when each is
diminished by 12 1/2, they shall become in the ratio of 3 2/3 to 3.
66) Divide 37 into two parts so that 5 times one part and 11 times the other
are together 227.
67) Find a ratio equal to 4/5 whose antecedent is 9.

68) Find the value of X in the following proportions: (i) 5:15 = 2:X
(ii) 75:3 = X:9
69) Calculate a fourth proportional to the numbers: (i) 1,2,3
(ii) 490,70,69
(iii) 2.5,1.5,1.5
70) If 30 men do a piece of work in 27 days, in what time can 18 men do
another piece of work 3 times as great?
71) When wheat is Rs 1.30 per kg, 60 men can be fed for 15 days at a certain
cost. How many men can be fed for 45 days at the same cost, when wheat is
Re 1 a kg?
72) If a family of 7 persons can live on Rs 840 for 36 days, how long can a
family of 9 persons live on Rs 810?
73) If 5 horses eat 18 quintals of oats in 9 days, how long at the same rate
will 66 quintals last for 15 horses?
74) If 1000 copies of a book of 13 sheets require 26 reams of paper, how
much paper is required for 5000 copies of a book of 17 sheets?
75) If the carriage of 810 kg for 70 km costs Rs 45, what will be the cost of
the carriage of 840 kg for a distance of 63 km at half the former rate?
76) If 300 men could do a piece of work in 16 days, how many men would do
1/4 of the same work in 15 days?
77) Divide Rs 324.36 into 3 parts in the proportion of 5:6:7.

78) Divide Rs 53.95 between A, B and C so that A gets thrice as much as B,

and C one-third as much as B.
79) Divide Rs 91.30 between A, B and C so that A gets 1 1/2 times as much as
C and B 2 1/2 times as much as C.
80) Divide Rs 625 between A, B and C so that A gets 2/9 of B's share and C
gets 3/4 of A's share.
81) Divide Rs 99 among A, B, C so that A may get 5 times as much as B, and C
1/2 of what A and B together get.
82) Divide Rs 355 into three parts so that 3 times the first part may be equal
to 5 times the second and 7 times the third.
83) A body of 7300 troops is formed of 4 battalions, so that 1/2 of the first,
2/3 of the second, 3/4 of the third and 4/5 of the fourth are all composed
of the same number of men. How many men are there in each?
84) The estate of a bankrupt of Rs 21000 is to be divided among four
creditors whose debts are: A's to B's as 2:3,
B's to C's as 4:5,
C's to D's as 6:7.
What must each receive?
85) How many rupees, 50P coins and 25P coins, of which the numbers are
proportional to 4,5 and 6 are together and worth Rs 32?
86) A sum of Rs 3115 is divided among A, B and C so that if Rs 25, Rs 28 and
Rs 52 be diminished from their shares respectively, the remainders shall be
in the ratio of 8:15:20. Find the share of each?

87) What must be added to 2 numbers that are in the ratio 3:4, so that they
come in the ratio 4:5?
88) Find the number which when subtracted from the terms of the ratio
19:23 makes it equal to the ratio of 3:4?
89) An employer reduces the number of his employees in the ratio 9:8 and
increases their wages in the ratio 14:15. State whether his bill of total wages
increases or decreases and in what ratio?
90) Rs 50 is divided among 6 men, 12 women and 17 boys so that 2 men get as
much as 5 boys and 2 women as much as 3 boys. Find the share of a boy?
91) If a:b = 2:3 and b:c = 5:7, find a:c and a:b:c.
92) Find:
(i) Fourth proportional to 3,7,15.
(ii) Third proportional to 16 and 36.
(iii) Mean proportion between 8 and 32.
93) Find:
(i) The duplicate ratio of 3:5.
(ii) The triplicate ratio of 2:3.
(iii) The sub-duplicate ratio of 16:25.
(iv) The sub-triplicate ratio of 27:8.
(v) The compounded ratio of (2:5) and (3:4).
94) If a:b = 2:5, find (3a+4b):(4a+5b).
95) Divide Rs. 1024 in the ratio 9:7.
96) Divide 581 among A, B, C so that 4A=5B=7C.
97) A bag contains rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise coins in the ratio 5:6:7. If
the total amount is Rs. 390, find the number of coins of each kind?

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98) In a mixture of 28 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 5:2. If 2 litres of
water is added to the mixture, find the ratio of milk and water in the new
mixture.
99) A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in
the ratio 7:2 and 7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of alloys are melted to
form a third alloy C, find the ratio of gold and copper in C?
100) Find 3 numbers in the ratio 2:3:5, the sum of whose squares is 608.
101) A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4:3. If 7 litres of water
is added to it, the ratio of alcohol and water becomes 3:4. Find the quantity
of alcohol in the mixture?
102) If A:B = 3:4, B:C=5:6, and C:D=11:9, then how much is A:D
103) If a:b = 3:4, then (6a+b) : (4a+5b) is
104) If 2 : (1+3) : : 6: x, then x is equal to?
105) If x & y shared Rs.1100 in the ratio 1:10, how much did X get?
106) If 2x = 3y = 4z, then x:y:z is
107) If x:y = 7:9 and y:z = 5:4, then x:y:z is
108) The fourth proportional to 3, 5 and 21 is
109) Mean proportional between 7 and 28 is
110) Third proportional to 9 and 12 is
111) What must be added to each term of the ratio 49 : 68 so that it becomes
3:4?

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112) What least number must be added to each one of 6,14,18,38 to make
them in proportion?
113) What least number must be subtracted from each of the numbers
14,17,34,42 so that the remainders may be proportional?
114) A fraction bears the same ratio to 1/27 as 3/7 does to 5/9. What is the
fraction?
115) Rs.1980 are divided among A, B, C so that half of As part, one-third of
Bs part and one-sixth of Cs part are equal. Then, Bs part is?
116) If As money is to Bs money as 4:5 and Bs money is to Cs money as 2:3
and A has Rs.800, then C has?
117) 94 is divided into two parts in such a way that the fifth part of the first
and the eighth part of the second are in the ratio 3:4. The first part is?

118) Rs.1360 have been divided among A, B, C such that A gets 2/3 of what B
gets and B gets of what C gets. Then Bs share is?
119) Rs.770 have been divided among A, B, C such that A receives 2/9th of
what B and C together receives. Then As share is?
120) Rs.4850 have been divided among A, B, C such that if their shares be
diminished by Rs.15, Rs.10 and Rs.25 respectively, the remainders are in the
ratio 3:4:5. Then Bs share is?
121) A sum of Rs.7000 is divided among A, B, C such a way that shares of A
and B are in the ratio 2:3 and those of B and C are in the ratio 4:5. The
amount received by C is?

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122) A sum of Rs.53 is divided among A, B, C such a way that A gets Rs.7 more
than what B gets and B gets Rs.8 more than what C gets. The ratio of their
shares is?
123) A bag contains Rs.600 in the form of one-rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise
coins in the ratio 3:4:12. The number of 25-paise coins is?
124) A sum of money is divided among A, B, C such that to each rupee A gets,
B gets 65 paise and C gets 35 paise. If Cs share is Rs.560,the sum is?
125) Rs.5625 are divided among A, B, C so that A may receive one half as
much as B and C together receive and B receives 1/4th of what B and C
together receive. Then As share is more than that of B by?
126) A certain amount was divided between X and Y in the ratio 4:3. If Bs
share was Rs.4800, the total amount was?
127) The ratio of number of boys and girls in a school of 720 students is 7:5.
How many more girls should be admitted to make the ratio 1:17?
128) A boy 1.4 m tall casts a shadow 1.2 m long at the time when a building
casts a shadow 5.4 m long. The height of the building is?
129) The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:2 and their expenditures in
the ratio 5:3. If each saves Rs.1500 then Bs income is?
130) The prices of a scooter and a moped are in the ratio 9:5. If a scooter
costs Rs.6800 more than a moped , the price of a scooter is?
131) The cost of making an article is divided between materials, labour and
overheads in the ratio of 5:3:1. If the materials costs Rs.6.90, the cost of
the article is?
132) The ratio of zinc and copper in a brass piece is 13:7. How much zinc will
be there in 100 kg of such a piece?

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133) What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is
2/7?
134) Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 be subtracted from each, then
they are in the ratio 12:23. The second number is?
135) In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 2:1. If the ratio
of milk and water is to be 1:2, then the amount of water(in litres) to be
further added is?
136) A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5:1. On adding 5 litres of
water, the ratio of milk and water becomes 5:2. The quantity of milk in the
original mixture is?
137) 20 litres of mixture contain milk and water in the ratio 5:3. If 4 litres of
this mixture are replaced by 4 litres of milk, the ratio of milk to water is the
new mixture will become?
138) An alloy contains zinc and copper in the ratio 5:8 and another alloy
contains zinc and copper in the ratio 5:3. If equal amounts of both the alloys
are melted together, then the ratio of zinc and copper in the resting alloy is?

139) If a/3 = b/4 = c/7, then (a+b+c)/c = ?

140) If (a + b) : (a - b) = 1 : 5, then (a - b) : (a + b) equals?
141) Two whole numbers whose sum is 64 cannot be in the ratio?
142) If a carton contains a dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following
cannot be the ratio of the broken mirror to unbroken mirrors?
143) Out of the ratio 7 : 20 : 13 : 25 ; 17 : 30 and 11 : 15, the smallest one is?

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144) In the ratio which is equal to 5 : 8,the antecedent is 40, then the
consequent is?
145) 0.5 of a number is equal to 0.07 of another. The ratio of the numbers
is?
146) The time period of a pendulum is proportional to the square root of the
length of the pendulum. Consider the following statements:
1. If the length of the pendulum is doubled, then the time period is also
doubled.
2. If the length is halved, then time period becomes one-fourth of the
original time period.
147) If a/b = c/d, then :
a) (a + b)/a = (c + d)/d
b) (a + b)/a = (c + d)/c
c) (a + b)/(a b) = (c + d)/(c d)
d) ac=bd
148) A quantity x varies inversely as the square of y. Given that x = 4 when y
= 3, the value of y = 6 is?

149) Suppose y varies as the sum of two quantities of which one varies
directly as x and the other inversely as x. If y = 6 when x = 4 and y = 3(1/3)
when x=3, then the relation between x and y is :
a) y = x + 4/x

b) y = -2x + 4/x

c) y = 2x + 8/3

d)y = 2x 8/x

150) The expenses of a hotel consist of two parts. One part varies with the
number of inmates while the other is constant. When the number of inmates
is 200 and 250, the expenses are respectively Rs.1300 and Rs.1600. Then, the
expenses for 300 inmates are?

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151) Under constant temperature, the pressure of a definite mass of a gas

varies inversely as the volume. If volume is reduced by 25%, the pressure will
be?
152) Pressure varies inversely as volume varies and temperature varies
directly as volume varies. At a time volume = 50 m, Temperature = 25 K and
pressure = 1 atmosphere. If volume is increased to 200 m,then the
temperature will be?
153) S varies directly as R varies and T varies inversely as R varies. At a time
R = 20, S = 40 and T = 10. If R is changed to 10, then the value of T will be?
154) Consider the following statements:
1. If both the terms of a ratio are multiplied or divided by the same
natural number, then the ratio remains unaltered.
2. A statement which states that two ratios are equivalent is called
proportion.
3. If 4 quantities are in proportion, the product of extremes is not equal
to the means.
4. The mean proportion between any two numbers is equal to the square
root of their product.
The wrong ones are :
a) 1
b) 3
c) 3 & 4 d) 4 & 1