Introduction to Ratios Practice Questions

Question 1

2 marks

Do not use a calculator for this question.

Here is a pattern made from shaded squares and unshaded squares.

(a)

Write down the ratio of the number of shaded squares to the number of unshaded squares.
Give your ratio in its simplest form.

(b)

Write down the fraction of the squares that are shaded.

Question 2

5 marks

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(a)

Write the ratio 18:2418 : 24 in its simplest form.

(b)

Write the ratio 0.6:1.50.6 : 1.5 in its simplest form.

(c)

Write the ratio 12:34\frac{1}{2} : \frac{3}{4} in its simplest form.

Question 3

3 marks

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In a car park, 25\frac{2}{5} of the cars are blue.
The rest of the cars are silver.

(a)

Write down the ratio of the number of blue cars to the number of silver cars.

(b)

There are 60 cars in the car park.

Work out the number of silver cars.

Question 4

3 marks

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Amira and Ben share £84 in the ratio 3:43 : 4.

(a)

Work out how much money each of them gets.

(b)

Write down the ratio of the amount of money Amira gets to the total amount of money shared.
Give your ratio in its simplest form.

Question 5

3 marks

Do not use a calculator for this question.

(a)

Write the ratio 5:125 : 12 in the form 1:n1 : n.

(b)

Write the ratio 21:621 : 6 in the form n:1n : 1.