1. The length of three ribbons are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7.

If the length of the longest ribbon is 105 cm, find

the length of the shortest ribbon.
?

105 cm

2. The ratio of the male teacher to the female teacher is 2 : 3. If there are 75 teachers altogether, how
many more female teachers than male teachers are there?

males teacher
75
female teachers

3. Sharon mixed meat with potatoes in the ratio 7 : 3 to make 4 kg of meat loaf. How much meat did she
use?

4. Connie mixed lime juice, lemon juice and water in the ratio 3 : 6 : 7 to make 8 liters of drink. How
many liters of lime juice did she use?

5. The capacities of 3 buckets are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 4. If the total capacity of the 3 buckets is 36 liters,
find the capacity of the smallest bucket.

6. Daniel knows that the ratio of chairs to the ratio of the tables is 4 : 1. If the total number of tables are
50, find the total number of chairs.

7. At a party there are three sorts of drinks : orange, lemonade, and cherry. The ratio of the drinks is 3 :
2 : 1 (orange : lemonade : cherry). If there are 12 glasses of orange, how many glasses of drink are there
all together?
8. A piece of wood 36 m long is cut into 3 pieces in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Find the length of each piece.

9. The ratio of big pancakes to small pancakes was 2 to 9. If there were 242 pancakes, how many were
big pancakes?

10. In a cake mix, the ratio of flour to milk by volume is 5 : 3. If there is 750 ml of flour, how much milk is
there?

11. Ivy and Jackie shared prize money in the ratio $110 : $165. Convert this to its simplest form.

12. William bet on a horse which won at odds of 7 : 2 (winning : bet). If he bet $12, how much did he
win?

13. The ratio of students who get to school by the three methods walk : bus : car is 8 : 3 : 1. If 264
students take the bus, how many students who walk and come by car each?

14. Carleigh, Ryan, and Zack share some money in the ratio 5 : 3 : 1. If Ryan’s share is $18750, how much
money do they share in total?

15. The ratio of red to blue to green marbles in a bag is 3 : 10 : 4. If there are 39 red and blue marbles
altogether, how many green marbles are there?

16. Given that a : b = 4 : 5 and b : c = 3 : 2. Find the ratio a : b : c, give your answer in its simplest form.

17. Alife, Bertie and Charlie share $66. The ratio of Alfie to Bertie is 9 : 5. The amount of Bertie to Charlie
is 2 : 1. How much does Alfie get?

18. Dylan, Eli and Fabian share some sweets. The ratio of sweets Dylan gets to the ampunt of sweets Eli
gets is 7 : 3. The ratio Dylan gets to Fabian gets is 4 : 5. Given Fabian gets 21 more sweets than Dylan.
Work out how many sweets Eli gets.