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N5 Ratio, Proportion and Compound Meaures QA
N5 Ratio, Proportion and Compound Meaures QA
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Joanna has packed her luggage into a light bag and two heavier cases.
The weights of these three are in the ratio 2:4:5
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2. Three friends agree to buy a hi-fi set for £792. Lauren contributes £110, Jack
contributes £250 and Chloe contributes the rest. Three years later they sell the hi-fi
for £352. They agree to divide the money in the ratio in which they contributed.
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5. In a class of 20 students there are four times as many women as there are men.
How many women are there in the class?
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Another street has 360 lights, 150 of which are green and the rest are blue.
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£4.05 £1.47
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12. Joe insures his house for £90 000 and its contents for £7 000.
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She buys a length of 2.89 metres. The shop charges Alice £7.24 per metre for the
exact length she buys.
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16. Jeremy and Caroline find the following list of items for a buffet lunch for 20 people.
40 mushroom tartlets
30 mini pizzas
20 strawberry meringues
5 one litre containers of orange juice
Jeremy and Caroline are organising a buffet lunch for 110 people.
Rewrite the list for a buffet lunch for these 110 people.
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Which size is better value for money. You must show all your working.
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18. Scooters can be hired at the cost of £21 per day plus 5.3 pence per mile.
Mohamed hires a scooter for three days and rides 136 miles.
Find the total cost of hiring the scooter.
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21. Charlie has estimated his walking speed to be three kilometres per hour.
How far does he walk in two hours and twenty minutes?
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