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WorksheetsG6 Ratios : simplifying & dividing amounts
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 50mins
How many students should there be per class?
Fully simplify this ratio
14 : 21
1 : 3
2 : 3
It can't be simplified
The ratio of red counters to blue counters is 3 : 1
What fraction of the counters are blue?
1/4
3/4
1/3
3/1
The ratio of green counters to blue counters is 4 : 5
What fraction of the counters are blue?
5/4
4/5
4/9
5/9
In a fruit bowl 3/5 of the fruit are apples. The rest are oranges.
What is the ratio of apples to oranges?
3 : 5
5 : 3
3 : 2
3 : 8
£10:£50
£30:£50
£24:£40
£42:£24
£4:£12
£12:£4
£12:£2
£2:£12
£150:£120
£120:£80
£135:£95
£160:£90
In a bunch of flowers 1/3 of the flowers are tulips. The rest are roses.
What is the ratio of roses to tulips?
3 : 1
1 : 3
1 : 2
2 : 1
The ratio of adults to children in the sports club is 5: 3. There are 120 adults in the club. How many
children are there?
5
15
45
75
How many parts in the ratio 5 : 3 : 1
5
9
3
1
If $35 is divided into the ratio 2 : 3 : 2, how much is one ratio part worth?
$7
5
$35
$5
Divide $70 into the ratio 2 : 7 : 1
$14 : $49 : $7
$49 : $7 : $14
$10
$20
This month, Hermione is fascinated by Herbology and Transfiguration. The number of Herbology books to Transfiguration books she reads is 8 : 3. If she has read 24 Transfiguration books, how many Herbology books has she read?
(a)
(this is challenging .. think about how many parts 150mL represents .. )
A truth serum contains dragon blood and flobberworm mucus in the ratio of 4:9. If there are 150 fewer millilitres of dragon flood, find the total amount of truth serum.
(a)
(this is quite tricky!)
The ratio of the number of Ravenclaw broomsticks to the number of Gryffindor broomsticks was 8:7.
After Ravenclaw gave 8 broomsticks to Gryffindor, they each had the same number of broomsticks.
How many broomsticks did they have altogether? (write the number of broomsticks only)
(a)
