Ratio and Proportion Word Problem

The ratio of boys to girls in a group is 5 : 3 There are 80 more boys than girls. Work out how many girls are there?

• 120 girls

• 80 girls

• 200 girls

• 320 girls

Chloe and Saniya share some sweets in the ratio 7:5

Saniya gets 6 less sweets than Chloe.

How many sweets does Saniya get?

• 15 sweets

• 21 sweets

• 36 sweets

• 12 sweets

The ratio of boys to girls in a group is 7 : 3 There are 60 more boys than girls. Work out how many girls are there?

• 15

• 180

• 150

• 45

Chloe and Saniya share some sweets in the ratio 7:5

Chloe get 10 more sweets than Saniya.

How many sweets are there altogether?

• 15 sweets

• 120 sweets

• 35 sweets

• 60 sweets

Chloe and Saniya share some sweets in the ratio 7:5

Chloe gets 21 sweets. How many does Saniya get?

• 14 sweets

• 12 sweets

• 15 sweets

• 5 sweets

Person A and person B are sharing money in the ratio 4:2. Person A has $60 more than person B. How much does person B have?

• $10

• $50

• $30

• $15

Split £40 into the ratio 3:7

• £12 : £28

• £30 : £70

• £30 : £10

• £28 : £12

20kg of sugar cost ₦600.00, what will be the cost of 12kg of sugar?

• ₦360.00

• ₦600.00

• ₦480.00

• ₦240.00

If $15.00 can buy 5 pineapples, how many can $6.00 buy?

• 2 pineapples

• 4 pineapples

• 3 pineapples

• 1 pineapple

A motorcycle travels 250km on 5 litres of petrol. How much petrol will he need to travel a distance of 400km?

• 12 litres

• 5 litres

• 10 litres

• 8 litres