Chapter 5: Ratio and Proportion

Class Work

1. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5 and the sum of these numbers is 72. Find the difference
between two numbers.
a) 27 b) 45 c) 36 d) 18

5 x +3 y
2. X:Y = 2:3 find
3 x +5 y
a) 1 b) 19/21 c) 21/19 d) Can’t be determined

3. Find the fourth proportional to the numbers 3, 4, 6

a) 8 b) 6 c) 12 d) 24

4. Find a third proportional to the numbers 1.6, 0.4

a) 0.4 b) 1 c) 0.1 d) 0.25

5. If A:B = 2:5 and B:C = 3:4 and D:C = 5:8, find A:D
a) 16:3 b) 12:25 c) 9:16 d) 3:16

6. 4A=3B=5C what is the ratio of A: B:C

a) 4:3:5 b) 3:4:5 c) 12:20:15 d) 15:20:12

A B C A +B
7. = = then what will be the value of ?
4 5 7 B+C
a) 4:3 b) 3:4 c)1:1 d) None of these

8. A: B = 3:5 and B:C 4:5 and if C is 39 more than A then what is the value of B
a) 60 b) 78 c) 72 d) 80

9. If A:B = 4:5, B:C = 4:5, find A:B:C

a) 4:5:4 b) 5:4:5 c) 16:20:25 d) 16:25:20

10. x varies directly with cube of y. when y is 2 x is 7 what will be x if y is 4

a) 14 b) 343 c) 56 d) 28

11. x varies inversely with square root of y. when y is 16 x is 12 what will be x if y is 36

a) 8 b) 24 c) 36 d) 18

12. Six years ago, A was half of B's age. If the ratio of their present ages is 2:3, what is the total of
their present ages?
 a) 18 b) 20 c) 30 d) 36

13. Four years ago, the ratio of the ages of Akash and Beena was 3:4. Seventeen years hence, the
ratio of their ages will be 6:7. What is the present age of Akash?
a) 21 b) 28 c) 25 d) 32

14. seven years ago the ratio of ages of A and B was 3:2 which of the following cannot be the ratio
of their ages after four years
a) 7:5 b) 9:8 c) 13:8 d) 16:13

15. The present ages of A, B and C are in proportions 3:4: 5. seven years ago, the sum of their ages
was 75. then B is older than A by?
a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d)) 12

16. The incomes of two persons are in ratio of 3:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 2:3 find the
ratio of their savings
a) 6 b) 12 c) 3 d) Can’t be determined

17. The incomes of two persons are in ratio of 3:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 8:11 if each
of them saves 4000 rupees find their total income
a) 84000 b) 56000 c) 36000 d) 76000

18. A bag contains Rs.120 in the form of One-Rupee, Two- Rupees and 5-Rupees coins in the ratio of
4:3:1. The number of 2-rupees coins is
a) 45 b) 48 c) 24 d) 20

19. The value of diamond is proportional to square of its weight. One such diamond is broken in to 3
pieces, weights of whose are in proportion of 1:2:3. If price of original diamond was 54K find the
loss due to breakage
a) 33k b) 21k c) 17k d) 25k

20. The ratio of a two-digit natural number to a number formed by reversing its digits is 4 : 7. Which
of the following is the sum of all the numbers of all such pairs?
a) 99 b) 198 c) 220 d) 330

HOME WORK
1. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2:3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs 4000, the
new ratio becomes 40:57. What is Sumit present salary.
a) 32000 b) 34000 c) 38000 d) 40000

2. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2:3 and that of the
second to the third is 5:8, then the second number is
a) 10 b) 17 c) 25 d) 30
3. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two
numbers is
a) 2:5 b) 3:5 c) 4:5 d) 6:5

4. The salaries of A, B and C are of ratio 2:3:5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are done to
their respective salaries, then find the new ratio of their salaries.
a) 20:33:60 b) 21:33:60 c) 22:30:60 d) 23:33:60

5. A and B together have Rs. 1210. If 4/15 of A's amount is equal to 2/5 of B's amount. How much
amount B have
a) 484 b) 478 c) 470 d) 478

6. A bag contains 50 P, 25 P and 10 P coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4, amounting to Rs. 206. Find the
number of coins of each type respectively.
a) 360,160,200 b) 160,360,200 c) 200,360,160 d) 200,160,360

7. A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that the boy gets Rs.3.60
and each girl Rs. 2.40 the number of girls is
a) 35 b) 40 c) 45 d) 50

8. Rs.1050 is divided among P, Q and R. The share of P is 2/5 of the combined share of Q and R.
Thus, P gets
a) 200 b) 300 c) 320 d) 420

9. Divided Rs.600 among A,B and C so that Rs.40 more than 2/5th of A's share. Rs.20 more than
2/7 of B's share and Rs.10 more than 9/17th of C's share may all be equal. What is A's share?
a) 280 b) 150 c) 170 d) 200

10. A wheel named "A" with 16 cogs is meshed with another wheel B with 24 cogs which in turn
meshed with another wheel "C" with 8 cogs. If wheel 'A' makes 100 revolutions, how many
revolutions will wheel "C" make?
a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200
 SOLUTIONS
CLASS WORK

1. Addition on ratio scale is 5+3=8, Subtraction on ratio scale is 5+3=2

Addition on actual scale is = 72 so, subtraction on actual scale = 18

( 5× 2 k ) +(3 × 3 k) 10+9 19
2. x=2k, y=3k. = =
( 3× 2 k ) +(5 × 3 k) 6+15 21

3 6
3. = ; d= 8
4 d

1.6 0.4
4. = ; c= 0.1
0.4 c

5. A:D = 12:25

6. A:B:C = 15:20:12

4+ 5 9 3
7. A:B:C = 4:5:7, then = =
5+7 12 4

8. A:B:C = 12:20:25, difference between A and C on ratio scale = 13 and on actual scale it is = 39
so is 13 => 39 then value of B, 20 => 60

9. A:B:C = 16:20:25

x 1 y 13 7 23
10. = 3 => = => x2= 56
x2 y2 x 2 43

x1 √x 2 12 √ 36
11. = => = => x2= 8
x2 √x 1 x 2 √ 16

x +6 2
12. Six years ago let A=x and B=2x, Present age of A= x+6 and B= 2x+6, = => x=6,
2 x +6 3
Present age of A=6+6=12 and B=12+6=18, hence addition = 12+18=30

13. Four years ago the age of Akash be = 3x and Beena be = 4x

Seventeen years hence the ages of Akash will be = 3x+4+17 and Beena = 4x+4+17
3 x+ 21 6
so = => x=7, Present age of Akash= 3x + 4 = 25
4 x +21 7
14. Answer is 13:8 because the ratio of increased ages is always less than the ratio of decreased
ages.

15. Let A, B and C be 3x, 4x and 5x years old. The sum of their ages seven years ago was ( 3x-7) +
( 4x-7) + ( 5x-7 ) = 75 => x=8. A’s age = 3x = 24, and B’s age = 4x = 32. The difference = 8

16. Cannot be determined

17. Let the income be 9:12

expenditure is 8:11
saving will be 1:1
if 1 => 4000 then total income 9+12=21=> 84000

18. 4x + 6x + 5x = 120 => x=8 => 2 rupee coins = 3x = 24

19. Let one unit cost x2,

So, the diamond’s total cost = (1x + 2x + 3x ) 2 = 36x2
The cost of diamond when its broken = (1x)2 + (2x)2 + (3x)2 = 14x2
The loss due to breakage = 36x2 – 14x2 = 22x2
Here, 36x2 = 54000 then 22x2 = 33000

10 x + y 4 x 1
20. = => =
10 y + x 7 y 2
possible cases with this ratio are 12, 24, 36, 48 and their reverse numbers are 21, 42, 63, 84.
sum of all these numbers = 330

Home Work

1. c 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. a

6. c 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. d

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