Ratio and Proportion

1. The males and females in a village are in the ratio 8 : 3. If the number of
females is 405. How many males are there in the village ?
2. An alloy contains copper and zinc in the ratio 7 : 3. A certain quantity of alloy
contains 12.6 gm of copper. How much does this alloy weigh ?
3. Divide Rs 1625 among Anu, Vinay and Priya in the ratio 5: 7 : 13.
4. Divide 468 gm of rice into three heaps containing the quantities in the ratio
1/6:1/8:1/12
5. The angles of triangle are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7. Find each angle.
6. Divide Rs 760 among Ajay, Vijay and Chitra such that Ajay gets 56of what
Vijay gets and ratio between the shares of Vijay and Chitra is 3 : 4.
7. Divide Rs 715 among A, B and C in such a way that B gets three times as
much as A gets and C gets half of what B gets.
8. Rajesh gets Rs 120 per month as pocket money. He spends one third of it on
ice creams, one half on comic books and remaining on wafers. Find the ratio
of the money spent on each item.
9. If a : b
= 5 : 6 and b : c = 2.8 : 3.5, find a : c.
10.Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 8 and their difference is 12. Find the
numbers.
11.The first, second and fourth terms of a proportion are 36,81 and 63
respectively. Find the third term
12.A map showing the area of certain towns has a scale showing 1 : 500000.
What area will be represented on this map of a town of area 200000 m2 ?