Quiz about Ratio and proportion

Question 1

In the recipe of a lemonade 2 cups of sugar is needed for 3 lemons. How many lemons are needed for 6 cups of sugar?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

4

Answer

6

Answer

8

Question 2

A lorry uses 80 litres of fuel on a trip of 280 kilometres.

How much fuel would the same lorry use on a trip of 196 kilometres?

Accepted Answer

56 litres

Answer

114 litres

Answer

686 litres

Question 3

Solve for x

Accepted Answer

x=6

Answer

x =1/6

Answer

x = 7

Answer

x=9

Question 4

Patrick has 2 black, 3 red, and 5   white toy cars. What is the ratio of red toy cars to all the toy cars?

Accepted Answer

3:10

Answer

3:5

Answer

1:3

Answer

3:11

Question 5

40 people can sit in 4 cabs. How many people can sit in 19 such cabs?

Accepted Answer

190

Answer

10

Answer

760

Answer

none of the options

Question 6

A train can travel 320 Km in 2 hours. How much distance can the train travel in 5 hours?

Accepted Answer

800

Answer

850

Answer

700

Answer

750

Question 7

Determine the ratio of the following
'30 minutes to 2 hours'

Accepted Answer

1 : 4

Answer

30 : 2

Answer

1 : 6

Answer

None of the above

Question 8

In a class there are 30 boys and 12 girls. Find the ratio of number of boys to number of girls.

Accepted Answer

5 : 2

Answer

2 : 5

Answer

3 : 4

Answer

None of the above

Question 9

Write if the given proportion is 'True' or 'False':
8 : 9 = 24 : 18

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 10

Simplify as fully as possible 28:42

Accepted Answer

2 : 3

Answer

14 : 21

Answer

3 : 2

Answer

1 : 1.5

Question 11

In a class of 10 boys and 14 girls the ratio of girls to boys is

Accepted Answer

7 : 5

Answer

10 : 14

Answer

1 : 2

Answer

5 : 7

Question 12

What ratio is equivalent to 3:5

Accepted Answer

9 : 15

Answer

30 : 500

Answer

13 : 1 5

Answer

1 : 2

Question 13

Mr Coope drives 472 miles in 8 hours. At this rate, how many miles would he drive in 6 hours?

Accepted Answer

354

Answer

381

Answer

340

Answer

101

Question 14

Mr Flood records that 48% of his class do their homework on time. What decimal represents the percent of students who hand it in late.

Accepted Answer

0.52

Answer

0.62

Answer

0.48

Answer

0.052

Question 15

5 / 7 = ? / 56

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

8

Answer

4

Answer

35

Question 16

Which ratios are equivalent to 18:21

Accepted Answer

36:42

Accepted Answer

6:7

Answer

3:7

Answer

38:42

Question 17

Share 150 sweets in the ratio 3:7:5

Accepted Answer

30:50:70

Answer

15:35:25

Answer

30:70:50

Answer

13:17:15

Question 18

The ratio of numbers of girls and boys participating in sports of a school is 4:5. If the number of girls is 153, determine the number of boys participating in the sports.

Accepted Answer

85

Answer

68

Answer

78

Answer

45

Question 19

Express 5:8 in the ratio n:1

Accepted Answer

0.625:1

Answer

1:1.6

Answer

1.6:1

Answer

6.25:1

Question 20

In an 8 round tennis tournament Petru wins 3, draws 1 and loses the rest. What is his ratio of wins : lose : draw ?

Accepted Answer

3 : 4 : 1

Answer

3 : 1 : 4

Answer

4 : 3: 1

Answer

4 : 1 : 3

Question 21

A bag of potatoes that cost 28 lei for 5 kg is how much for 2 kg?

Accepted Answer

11.2lei

Answer

14lei

Answer

12:2lei

Answer

5.6lei

Question 22

Simplify as fully as possible 18 : 24 :30

Accepted Answer

3 : 4 : 5

Answer

9 : 12 : 15

Answer

6 : 8 :10

Answer

2 : 3 : 4

Question 23

If you need 4 eggs to make 12 Yorkshire puddings. How many do you need to make 18 Yorkshire puddings ?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

7

Question 24

Whilst off school, 5 pupils in a class of 20 stay in bed until after 12:00. What percentage of pupils get up in the morning ?

Accepted Answer

75 %

Answer

25 %

Answer

20 %

Answer

80 %

Question 25

In a 60 minute lesson, Emma works for 20 minutes, talks for 35 and packs away for the remaining 5 minutes.

What is her ratio of work : talking : packing away.

Accepted Answer

40 : 70 : 10

Answer

20 : 5 : 35

Answer

2 : 7 : 5

Answer

10 ; 13 : 3

Question 26

Share 100 in the ratio 7 : 10 : 3

Accepted Answer

35 : 50 : 15

Answer

70 : 100 :30

Answer

14 : 20 : 6

Answer

700 : 1000 : 300

Question 27

In a bag the ratio of red balls to green balls is 4 : 5. what fraction of the balls are red?

Accepted Answer

4/9

Answer

4/5

Answer

5/9

Answer

1/2

Question 28

Tim, Jude and Sasha share some money in the ratio 3 : 4 : 2.

If Tim gets 18 Lei. How much did they share?

Accepted Answer

54 lei

Answer

50 lei

Answer

100 lei

Answer

58 lei

Question 29

On a map with a scale of 1 cm : 2.5 km two towns are 5 cm apart. What is this distance in real life?

Accepted Answer

12.5 km

Answer

125 km

Answer

0.125 km

Answer

2 km

Question 30

What is the ratio to the picture shown, triangles to squares?

Accepted Answer

4:3

Answer

2:6

Answer

5:6

Answer

3:4

Question 31

A unit rate is a ratio with:

Accepted Answer

A denominator of 1

Answer

A numerator of 1

Question 32

A bag of marbles comes with 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of red to yellow?

Accepted Answer

2 to 5

Answer

5 to 3

Answer

3 to 5

Answer

5 to 2

Question 33

Determine if the ratios are proportional.
4/5 and 15/20

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 34

Write if the given proportion is 'True' or 'False':
8 : 9 = 24 : 18

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Answer

dont know

Answer

none of these

Question 35

Find the unit rate of the ratio below:
30 cm of snow in 6 hours

Accepted Answer

5 cm of snow per hour

Answer

6 cm of snow per hour

Answer

30 cm of snow per hour

Answer

3 cm of snow per hour

Question 36

If Mike has a ratio of 2 apples to 3 bananas, how many apples would you expect him to have if he has 15 bananas?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

2

Question 37

Express 45 to 90 in its lowest term.

Accepted Answer

1 : 2

Answer

3 : 4

Answer

2 : 3

Answer

5 : 9

Question 38

In a class there are 15 boys and 20 girls, find the ratio of number of girls to the total number of students in the class

Accepted Answer

4 : 7

Answer

3 : 4

Answer

4 : 3

Answer

7 : 4

Question 39

Write 'True' or 'False'.
6 : 8 and 9 : 12 are equivalent ratios of 3 : 4

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 40

In an animal shelter, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5 to 3. There are 25 dogs.  Write and solve a proportion to find the number of cats.

Accepted Answer

c=15

Answer

c=18

Answer

c=21

Answer

c=16

Question 41

Decrease 350kg in the ratio 3 : 5.

Accepted Answer

210kg

Answer

300kg

Answer

250kg

Answer

200kg

Question 42

Increase 2 hours 30 minutes in the ratio 6 : 5.

Accepted Answer

180 minutes

Answer

200 minutes

Answer

150 minutes

Answer

250 minutes

Question 43

A class has 75 students. If there are 50 boys. What is the ratio of girls to the class?

Accepted Answer

1 : 3

Answer

3 : 2

Answer

5 : 7

Answer

2 : 3

Question 44

Jose swims 3 laps in a pool every 2 minutes. How long would it take him to swim 27 laps?

Accepted Answer

18 minutes

Answer

8 minutes

Answer

9 minutes

Answer

16 minutes

Question 45

In a certain apartment building, the ratio of tenants to cars is 3:5. If there are 30 tenants, how many cars are there?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

35

Answer

60

Answer

18

Question 46

Jeff ran 6 miles in 4 hours. At this rate, how many miles will he run in 6 hours?

Accepted Answer

9 miles

Answer

4 miles

Answer

6 miles

Answer

36 miles

Question 47

A unit rate is a ratio with:

Accepted Answer

A denominator of 1

Answer

A numerator of 1

Question 48

Question 48.

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 49

Question 49.

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Ratio and proportion

50 questions

In the recipe of a lemonade 2 cups of sugar is needed for 3 lemons. How many lemons are needed for 6 cups of sugar?

A lorry uses 80 litres of fuel on a trip of 280 kilometres.
How much fuel would the same lorry use on a trip of 196 kilometres?

Solve for x

Patrick has 2 black, 3 red, and 5 white toy cars. What is the ratio of red toy cars to all the toy cars?

40 people can sit in 4 cabs. How many people can sit in 19 such cabs?

A train can travel 320 Km in 2 hours. How much distance can the train travel in 5 hours?

Determine the ratio of the following
'30 minutes to 2 hours'

In a class there are 30 boys and 12 girls. Find the ratio of number of boys to number of girls.

The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. The angles are

Write if the given proportion is 'True' or 'False':
8 : 9 = 24 : 18

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50 questions

In the recipe of a lemonade 2 cups of sugar is needed for 3 lemons. How many lemons are needed for 6 cups of sugar?

A lorry uses 80 litres of fuel on a trip of 280 kilometres.How much fuel would the same lorry use on a trip of 196 kilometres?

Solve for x

Patrick has 2 black, 3 red, and 5 white toy cars. What is the ratio of red toy cars to all the toy cars?

40 people can sit in 4 cabs. How many people can sit in 19 such cabs?

A train can travel 320 Km in 2 hours. How much distance can the train travel in 5 hours?

Determine the ratio of the following'30 minutes to 2 hours'

In a class there are 30 boys and 12 girls. Find the ratio of number of boys to number of girls.

The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. The angles are

Write if the given proportion is 'True' or 'False':8 : 9 = 24 : 18

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A lorry uses 80 litres of fuel on a trip of 280 kilometres.
How much fuel would the same lorry use on a trip of 196 kilometres?

Determine the ratio of the following
'30 minutes to 2 hours'

Write if the given proportion is 'True' or 'False':
8 : 9 = 24 : 18