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GCSE (1 – 9)

Ratio Problems 2

Instructions

• Use black ink or ball-point pen.

• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working out.

Information

• The marks for each question are shown in brackets

– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice

• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end

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1 The ratio of dogs to cats is 5:3
The ratio of fish to dogs is 6:1

Find the ratio of cats to fish.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for question 1 is 2 marks)

2 Given that a:b = 4:5 and b:c = 3:2

Find the ratio a:b:c

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for question 2 is 2 marks)
3 Alfie, Bertie and Charlie share £66.
The amount Alfie and Bertie get is in the ratio 9:5
The amount Bertie and Charlie get is in the ratio 2:1

How much does Alfie get?

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(Total for question 3 is 3 marks)

4 Dylan, Eli and Fabian share some sweets.

The amount of sweets Dylan gets to the amount of sweets Eli gets is in the ratio 7:3
The amount Dylan gets to the amount Fabian gets is in the ratio 4:5

Given Fabian gets 21 more sweets than Dylan.

Work out how many sweets Eli gets.

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(Total for question 4 is 3 marks)
5 Given that a:b = 3:7 and a:c = 4:3

Find the ratio a:b:c

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for question 5 is 2 marks)

6 Given that a:c = 1:6 and b:c = 2:5

Find the ratio a:b:c

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for question 6 is 2 marks)
7 There are red sweets, blue sweets and green sweets in a bag.
The ratio of red sweets to sweets that are not red is 2:3
The ratio of green sweets to sweets that are not green is 6:19

Work out the ratio of red sweets to blue sweets to green sweets.

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(Total for question 7 is 3 marks)

8 A football team plays some games in a season. Each game was a win, a draw or a loss.

The ratio of the games they won to the games they did not win was 9:7
The ratio of games they lost to games they did not lose was 1:7.

Given the team played less than 50 games, work out the highest amount of games they could have won.

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(Total for question 8 is 2 marks)
9 The points A, B, C and D lie in order on a straight line.

AB:BD = 2:5 and AC:CD = 4:7

Find AB:BC:CD

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(Total for question 9 is 3 marks)

10 The points A, B, C and D lie in order on a straight line.

AB:BD = 3:5 and AC:CD = 5:6

Find AB:BC:CD

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(Total for question 10 is 3 marks)
11 Andy and Bruce share some sweets in the ratio 9:4.
Andy gets A sweets
Bruce gets B sweets

Carla and David share the same amount of sweets as Andy and Bruce.
They share their sweets in the ratio 5:2.

Carla gets C sweets

David gets D sweets

Find A:B:C:D

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(Total for question 11 is 3 marks)

12 A and B are in the ratio 5:1

C and D are in the ratio 2:3

Given: A + B = 2(C + D)

Find A:B:C:D

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(Total for question 12 is 3 marks)
13 Glen and Harper share some money in the ratio 5:2.
Glen gets £G
Harper gets £H

India and Jade share the same amount of money as Glen and Harper.
They share their money in the ratio 4:7.

India gets £I
Jade gets £J

Find G:H:I:J

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(Total for question 13 is 3 marks)

14 A and B are in the ratio 4:3

C and D are in the ratio 1:5

Given: 3(A + B) = C + D

Find A:B:C:D

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(Total for question 14 is 3 marks)