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2 | Industrial Mathematics

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