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G6 Ratios : simplifying & dividing amounts

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Ella has 5 balloons. Taylor has 7 balloons. Write the ratio of Ella's balloons to Taylor's balloons.
a)
7:5
b)
5:7
c)
3:5
d)
5:3
2.
A class has 15 boys and 20 girls. What is the boy:girl ratio in simplest form?
a)
4 : 5
b)
10 : 13
c)
3:4
d)
3:5
3.
Patrick has 2 black, 3 red, and 5   white toy cars. What is the ratio of red toy cars to all the toy cars? 
a)
3:5
b)
1:3
c)
3:11
d)
3:10
4.
If there are 88 students for 4 classes
How many students should there be per class?
a)
22 students per class
b)
22 classes per student
c)
25 students per class
d)
25 classes per student
5.
There are 24 balls in a bag.3 are basketballs, 12 are volleyballs and the rest are soccer balls. What is the ratio of soccer balls to volleyballs?
a)
3 : 12
b)
9:24
c)
3 to 4
d)
3:8
6.

Fully simplify this ratio

14 : 21

a)

1 : 3

b)

2 : 3

c)

It can't be simplified

7.
Mrs. Shelly paid $3 for 6 muffins and Mrs. Kloske paid $9 for 18 muffins.  
a)
yes, equivalent
b)
no, not equivalent
8.

The ratio of red counters to blue counters is 3 : 1


What fraction of the counters are blue?

a)

1/4

b)

3/4

c)

1/3

d)

3/1

9.

The ratio of green counters to blue counters is 4 : 5


What fraction of the counters are blue?

a)

5/4

b)

4/5

c)

4/9

d)

5/9

10.

In a fruit bowl 3/5 of the fruit are apples. The rest are oranges.


What is the ratio of apples to oranges?

a)

3 : 5

b)

5 : 3

c)

3 : 2

d)

3 : 8

11.
a)

£10:£50

b)

£30:£50

c)

£24:£40

d)

£42:£24

12.
a)

£4:£12

b)

£12:£4

c)

£12:£2

d)

£2:£12

13.
a)

£150:£120

b)

£120:£80

c)

£135:£95

d)

£160:£90

14.

In a bunch of flowers 1/3 of the flowers are tulips. The rest are roses.


What is the ratio of roses to tulips?

a)

3 : 1

b)

1 : 3

c)

1 : 2

d)

2 : 1

15.

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?

a)

5

b)

15

c)

45

d)

75

16.

How many parts in the ratio 5 : 3 : 1

a)

5

b)

9

c)

3

d)

1

17.

If $35 is divided into the ratio 2 : 3 : 2, how much is one ratio part worth?

a)

$7

b)

5

c)

$35

d)

$5

18.

Divide $70 into the ratio 2 : 7 : 1

a)

$14 : $49 : $7

b)

$49 : $7 : $14

c)

$10

d)

$20

19.
Kevin is mixing paint to make orange. The ratio of red paint to yellow paint is 3 oz to 5 oz. How much yellow paint should he mix with 9 oz of red paint?
a)
15 oz
b)
30 oz
c)
45 oz
d)
11 oz
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)  

21.

(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)  

22.

(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)