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2 | Industrial Mathematics

Assessment:
QUIZ 2 – RATIO AND PROPORTION
1. In the following diagram, what is the ratio of 14. The distance between two towns on a map is 5 mm. If the
gray squares to white squares? real distance between the two towns is 30 km, what is the scale
a. 9 : 16 b. 9 : 7 of the map?
c. 7 : 16 d. 16 : 9 e. none of the choices a. 1 : 600,000 b. 1 : 60,000 c. 1 : 6,000
2. In the following diagram, what is the d. 1 : 600 e. none of the choices
ratio of gray balls to black balls 15. The ratio of black cars to colored cars in the car park is 4 : 6
a. 6 : 4 b. 5 : 6 What fraction of the cars in the car park are colored?
c. 3 : 2 d. 2 : 3 e. none of the choices a. 4/10 b. 4/6 c. 6/4 d. 2/5 e. none of the choices
3. 1 kg of cashews costs P170 and 1 kg of walnuts costs P200. If 16. A coin is tossed several times and the ratio of heads to tails
a mixture of cashews and walnuts is sold at P180 per kg, then is 22 : 26. What fraction of the tosses are tails?
a. 13/24 b. 11/24 c. 11/13 d. 22/26 e. none of the choices
what fraction of the total mixture are cashews?
a. 1/4 b. 1/5 c. 2/3 d. 1/3 e. none of the choices 17. The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai,
4. The incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio of 7 : 9 : 12 and is 828 meters tall. A model of the building is made using the
their spendings are in the ratio of 8 : 9 : 15. If A saves 1/3 of his ratio 1 : 2,500. How high is the model in centimeters?
a. 16.56 cm b. 1,656 cm c. 165.6 cm
income, then the savings of A, B and C are in the ratio of,
d. 1.656 cm e. none of the choices
a. 56:99:69 b. 28:45:39 c. 25:43:38 d. 1:2:3 e. none of the choices
18. What fraction of the
5. Two numbers are in ratio of 3 : 8 and their LCM is 216. The
apples are black?
smaller number is,
a. 2/3 b. 1/3
a. 23 b. 24 c. 25 d. 26 e. none of the choices
c. 1/4 d. 3/4 e. none of the
6. ∠AOC is a right angle and the
choices
ratio ∠AOB : ∠BOC = 3 : 2 What is
19. Maggie and her little sister
the size of angle BOC?
Minnie are in proportion. What is
a. 36° b. 45° c. 54°
Minnie's height?
d. 60° e. none of the choices
a. 34 b. 32
7. Alice and Olivia share some sweets in the ratio of 3:1. Alice
c. 35 d. 36
gives 22 sweets to Olivia and now the ratio is 5:3. What is the
e. none of the choices
difference of the sweets they had initially?
a. 87 b. 89 c. 88 d. 90 e. none of the choices
20. A total of 300 cash consists of 1-peso, 5-peso and 10-peso
8. A real horse is 2.1 m high. A statue of the horse is 3 m high.
coins, their values being in the ratio of 125 : 135 : C. Find the
What is the ratio of the height of the horse to the height of the
ratio (in terms of quantity of coins) of 5-peso coins to 10-peso
statue?
coins.
a. 7 : 10 b. 6 : 11 c. 7 : 11 d. 11 : 7 e. none of the choices
a. 27:4 b. 27:8 c. 135:125 d. 8:27
9. Two numbers are in the ratio of 1 1/2:2 2/3. When each of
e. none of the choices
these is increased by 24, the ratio changes to 1 2/3:2 1/2. The
21. Mother divided the money among Ron, Sam and Maria in
larger of the numbers is,
the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If Sam got P150, find the total amount and the
a. 48 b. 32 c. 36 d. 40 e. none of the choices
money received by Ron and Maria.
10. A recipe for pastry has flour, butter and water mixed in the
a. 300 b. 400 c. 450 d. 320 e. none of the choices
ratio 24 : 8 : 3. If Fiona follows the recipe and uses 4 cups of
22. What is the ratio of gray triangles
flour, how many cups of butter should she use?
to all triangles?
a. 1 cup b. 3/8 cup c. 4/3 cup
a. 2/5 b. 2/3 c. 3/5
d. 8/3 cup e. none of the choices
d. 3/2 e. none of the choices
11. What fraction of the squares are gray?
23. Jim can run a mile in 5 minutes and 30 seconds. John can run
a. 6/16 b. 3/8 c. 8/3
a mile in 6 minutes and 20 seconds. What is the ratio of Jim's
d. 5/8 e. none of the choices
time to John's time?
12. The two glasses are in proportion. What a. 5.3 : 6.2 b. 33 : 38 c. 31 : 38
is the height of the smaller glass? d. 35 : 38 e. none of the choices
a. 4.12 b. 4.44 c. 4.29 24. Carl got twice as many marks in Calculus as in Biology. His
d. 4.36 total marks in Calculus , Biology and Thermodynamics is 180.
e. none of the choices If the ratio of his marks in Thermodynamics and Calculus is 3 :
13. AOC is a straight line and the ratio 2, what is her marks in Biology?
of the angles is: ∠AOB : ∠BOC = 3 : 9. a. 40 b. 30 c. 50 d. 62 e. none of the choices
What is the size of angle AOB? 25. A class of 32 students has 8 girls. What is the ratio of girls to
a. 42° b. 40° c. 48° boys?
d. 60° e. none of the choices a. 8 : 32 b. 1 : 4 c. 3 : 1 d. 8 : 24 e. none of the choices