Do not use calculators. Work out these problems.

Show your working and statements

clearly.

1. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a computer club is 3:7. If
there are 256 more girls than boys, how many children are in a computer club? (5)

2. Alice and George shared a certain number of stamps. George received 48 stamps.
When he gave 28 stamps to Alice, the ratio of Alice’s stamps to George’s was 2:1.
how many stamps did Alice receive at first? (7)

3. A sum of money was shared between Andy and Shirley in the ratio 2:5. When
Shirley gave $60 to Andy, each of them had the same amount of money. How much
was the original sum of money? (7)
4. The ratio of Xiaoming’s eggs to Ruiming’s eggs was 7:3. When Xiaoming and
Ruiming sold 54 eggs, the ratio of the number of Xiaoming’s eggs to Ruiming’s was
3:1. Find the number of eggs each of them had at first. (8)

5. A company employs 30 workers. The ratio of the number of male workers to that of
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female workers is 3:7. Each female worker is paid of a male worker’s pay. If a
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female worker is paid $900 a month, find the total salary paid to all the workers by
the company each month. (6)
6. Alice, Betty, and Carol shared a cash prize of $3600. Alice received 40% of the
prize. Betty’s share and Carol’s share was in the ratio 7:3.
(a) How much did Betty receice? (5)
(b) What percentage of Carol’s share was left if she spent $162? (3)

7. The ratio of the number of pineapples that James, Malek, and Mrs. Lin had was
8:10:15 respectively. After James sold 25% of his pineapples and Malek sold 20% of
his, both of them had 280 pineapples left.
(a) How many pineapples had Mrs. Lin? (5)
(b) Find the total number of pineapples sold by James and Malek. (3)
8. In a basket of apples, 60% of them were red and the rest were green. When Mrs
Teo took out 385 green apples, the ratio of the number of green apples to the
number of red apples was 1:4.
(a) How many red apples were in the basket at first? (5)
(b) What percentage of the red apples were left if Mrs Teo gave away 308 of
them? (3)

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9. A sum of money was shared among Peter, Andrew, and Denny. Peter received of
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the sum. Andrew received of the remainder and Denny received the rest. As a
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result, Denny received $150 more than Andrew. What is the amount received by
Peter? (8)
10. Roy had thrice the amount of money Hashim had. They went shopping and Roy
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spent $288 more than Hashim. Roy had only of his money left and Hashim had
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of his left. Roy then gave 30% of his remaining money to his mother. How much did
Roy and Hashim have left? (10)

11. A sum of money was shared among Jane, Jeffrey and Jenny in the ratio 3 : 7 : 9
respectively. If Jenny received $54 more than Jane, how much did Jeffrey
receive ? (5)