Revision Pack - Chapter 12 & 13

54 marks from 54 questions

Question 1

The ratio of the number of ants to the number of beetles in its simplest form is:

a. 2:8 b. 1:5

c. 2 : 10 d. 4:1

Question 2
A ratio of 1 to 4 is written:

a, 1,4

b. 1–4

c. 1:4

d. 1→4

Question 3

The ratio 3 : 18 is the same as 1 : 3

Question 4
In a class of 19 learners, there are 8 boys and 11 girls. What is the ratio of girls to boys?
:

Question 5

The ratio : 5 in its simplest form is:

1:
Question 6
What is the ratio of eggplants (purple) to the total number of items?

Write the ratio in its simplest form.

:

Question 7

The area of Australia is approximately 7 670 000 km2 and the area of England is approximately
130 000 km2.
What is the simple ratio of England’s area to the area of Australia?
:

Question 8
A rectangle is 4.5 cm long and 3.6 cm wide. What is the ratio of the width to the length in its simplest
form?
1 : 2

Question 9
Write the following ratio in its simplest form.
2 days : 12 hours = :1

Question 10
A recipe uses raspberries and strawberries in the ratio 1 : 5.
There are 30 pieces of fruit in total. How many raspberries and strawberries are there?

5 raspberries

25 strawberries
Question 11
An 84 cm long rope was cut into two pieces using the ratio 5 : 7.
What was the length of 1 part?
cm

Question 12
An 84 cm long rope was cut into two pieces using the ratio 5 : 7.
Complete this working out to find 1 part.

12 parts = 84 cm

1 part = 84 cm ÷

= 7 cm

Question 13
Jamal and Layla inherited a sum of money in the ratio 3 : 2.
Complete the working to show how much Layla received if Jamal inherited $1200.
3 parts = $1200
So 1 part = $400
Layla’s 2 parts = $ 800

Question 14
A 50 m length of pipe is cut in the ratio 3 : 2. What is the length of the longer piece?
m

Question 15
72 g of cherries are to be shared between Raine and Brad in the ratio 1 : 2.
What mass of cherries does Brad get?
g

Question 16

Chitra designs a garden which has 30 m2 of grass and 10 m2 of flower border.

If she enlarges her design so it covers an area of 100 m2, what is the area of grass in the new design?
m2
Question 17
In a display at the Easter Show the ratio of apples to oranges is 4 : 7.
If there are 56 oranges, how many apples are in the display?

Question 18
The ratio of the number of marbles in the red bag to the number in the blue bag was 3 : 5.

Two marbles were moved from the blue bag to the red bag, making the ratio 7 : 9.
How many marbles are there in total?

Question 19
The cost of one book is $6.
Which method should you use to find the number of books if you know the cost?

a. Multiply the number by 6.

b. Divide the number by 6.

Question 20
Two books cost $12.
What is the cost of one book?
$

Question 21
Jai earns $40 in 6 hours. How much will he earn in 18 hours?
$
Question 22
It took 60 minutes to travel 100 km at a constant speed.
How long did it take to travel 50 km?
minutes

Question 23
Four identical packets of sugar have a mass of 20 grams.
Find the mass of two of these packets of sugar.
g

Question 24
A recipe to make 6 pancakes uses 60g of flour.
How much flour is needed to make 18 pancakes?
g flour

Question 25
Each bag contains 5 red counters and 11 blue counters.
7 bags are opened. The counters are put together in a pile.
How many more blue counters are there than red counters?

Question 26
A recipe uses 500 g of butter and 220 g of sugar.
If you follow the recipe but only use 55 g of sugar, how much butter will you need to use?
g

Question 27
Salma mixes water and juice concentrate in the ratio 4 : 1.
What is the total amount of juice drink she can make from 1 litres of juice concentrate?
litres
Question 28
The chance of a flipped coin showing heads is:

a. unlikely
b. likely
c. even chance
d. impossible
e. certain

Question 29
True or false?
Events that are likely have a high chance of happening.

a. True
b. False

Question 30
An event has a probability of between 50% and 1.
Which of these words is best used to describe it?

a. Likely
b. Equal chance
c. Unlikely

Question 31

? stands for the chance of an event.

The event:

a. is unlikely to happen
b. is likely to happen
c. has an even chance of happening
Question 32
Govinda said, ‘This spinner has an even chance of landing on black or white.’
Which of these two spinners is he talking about?

a. a.

Question 33
An example of a certain event is when Monday:

a. is a holiday
b. follows Sunday

Question 34

The chance of getting red on this spinner is:

a. the same as getting white

b. twice as likely as white
c. three times as likely as white
d. four times as likely as white
Question 35

? stands for the chance of an event.

The chance of this event happening:

a. is unlikely
b. is likely
c. has an even chance

Question 36
Put these bags in order from the bag that gives the lowest chance of drawing a blue marble to the bag
that gives the highest chance.

Enter the number of each bag in order (low to high).

, , ,

Question 37

the number is odd the number is even

Are these two outcomes mutually exclusive?

a. Yes
b. No
Question 38
A number is chosen from this list:

7 11 16 24 25 26 36 43 64 100

Two possible outcomes are:

An odd number A square number

Which outcome would happen if 11 was chosen?

a. An odd number
b. A square number
c. Both outcomes

Question 39
Two outcomes are mutually exclusive.
Which of these statements is correct?

a. They cannot both happen at the same time.

b. They can sometimes both happen at the same time.
c. They must always happen at the same time.

Question 40

Gill works out that the chance of getting a seat on the bus to school is .
This is the same as a chance of:

a.

b.
Question 41

The probability of getting black on this spinner is:

a. 50%
b. 25%

Question 42

What is the probability of taking out a black marble from this jar at random?

Question 43
Discs labelled with the numbers 1 to 20 are placed in a bag and one disc is drawn out at random.
What is the chance of the disc showing a number greater than 17?

20
Question 44

What is the probability of getting green on this spinner?

a. 30%
b. 50%
c. 60%
d. 90%

Question 45

How many sections of this spinner need to be coloured red to make the chance of getting red ?

sections

Question 46
The theoretical probability of a trial is always the same as the experimental probability.
Is this statement true or false?

a. True
b. False
Question 47
When using a survey or experiment you can find an _______ of the probability.
Which word completes the statement?

a. amount
b. answer
c. estimate
d. inverse

Question 48
Two dice were thrown and the total score recorded. This was done 30 times. The total was greater
than six 13 times.
Complete the estimate for the probability of getting a total greater than six.

30

Question 49
A survey of 250 students showed that 235 had a mobile phone.
Find an estimate for the probability that a student has a mobile phone. Give your answer as a
percentage.
%

Question 50
A bag contains 5 cent, 10 cent and 50 cent coins. A coin is taken from the bag, the amount is
recorded and then it is returned. This is done 90 times.
The results of the experiment are:

Outcome 5 cent 10 cent 50 cent

Frequency 32 18 ?

How many times was a 50 cent coin selected in the experiment?

times
Question 51
Two dice are thrown and the total score was recorded. This was done 40 times.
The total was less than seven 23 times.
Complete the estimate for the probability of getting a total of less than seven.

Question 52
A bag contains 5 cent, 10 cent and 50 cent coins. A coin is taken from the bag, the amount is
recorded and then it is returned. This is done 50 times.
The results of the experiment are:

Outcome 5 cent 10 cent 50 cent

Frequency ? 32 6

Estimate the probability that the chosen coin will be a 5 cent piece.
Give your answer as a percentage.
%

Question 53
Hans drew a counter out of a bag, recorded its colour and then replaced it.
He did this 20 times and recorded the results.

Red 7

Blue 11

Yellow 2

From this data, what is the probability that the next counter will be red?
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
Question 54
These are the results of a school survey of 120 learners. They were asked if they thought schools are
better if learners wear school uniform.

Outcome Yes No Not sure

Frequency ? 31 23

Find an estimate of the probability of learners answering ‘yes’.

Give your answer as a percentage.
%