Ratio in context - Edexcel test questions - Edexcel

1

What is the ratio of red, blue and black marbles?

5 red, 5 black and 3 blue marbles

2

How can you simplify the ratio 8 : 32?

3

How can you simplify the ratio 2 : 3.6 so that it does not involve decimals?

4

How can you simplify the ratio \(\frac{2}{3} : \frac{3}{4}\)?

5

Purple paint is made by mixing red and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 3. If 15 litres of blue paint is used, how much red paint will be needed?

6

A class of boys and girls is divided in the ratio 4 : 5. Could there be 31 pupils in the class?

7

Two sisters share pocket money in the ratio of their ages. The first girl is 5 and the second girl is 7. The girls are given £36 between them. How much money does the younger girl receive?

8

Three men receive an overtime bonus of £100 to share between them in the ratio 12 : 18 : 30. How much does each man get?

9

A map has a scale of 1 cm = 5 km. The distance between two towns is 95 km. What distance would this be on the map?

10

A floor plan of a house is drawn using the scale 2 cm = 1.5 m. In the floor plan the length of the long exterior wall is shown as 15 cm. How long is the actual long exterior wall of the house?