HAL GNANAJYOTI SCHOOL

WORK SHEET
Std 10 Topic: Ratio and proportion
Tick the correct option.
1. In the ratio a:b,
(i) a is called _________
(a) consequent (b) antecedent (c) proportion (d) None
(ii) b is called _________
(a) consequent (b) antecedent (c) proportion (d) None
2(i) The compound ratio of a : b and c : d is defined as_________
(a) ab : cd (b) ad : bc (c) a : d (d) ac : bd
(ii) The compound ratio of two equal ratios is _________ ratio.
(a) sub-duplicate (b) triplicate (c) duplicate (d) reciprocal
3. Duplicate ratio of a : b is ____________

(a) a2: b 2 (b) √𝑎 : √𝑏 (c) a : b (d) a3: b 3

4. Triplicate ratio is the compound ratio of _____________ equal ratios
(a) two (b) three (c) four (d) two and half
5. Triplicate ratio of a:b is ___

(a) a2: b 2 (b) √𝑎 : √𝑏 (c) a : b (d) a3: b 3

6. The sub-duplicate ratio of a:b is defined as _______

(a) a2: b 2 (b) √𝑎 : √𝑏 (c) a : b (d) a3: b 3

7. The sub-triplicate ratio of a:b is defined as _______
3
(a) √𝑎 : √𝑏 (b) a3: b 3 (c) a2: b 2 (d) 3√𝑎 : √𝑏
8. The reciprocal ratio of a:b is ____________
1 1
(a) b : a (b) : (c) both (d) none
𝑎 𝑏

9. The equality of two ratios is called _________

(a) compound ratio (b) reciprocal ratio (c) duplicate ratio (d) proportion
10. If a,b,c are in continued proportion, then which of the following is not true?
(a) b is called mean proportional between a and c

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(b) c is called third proportional to a and b
© c is called fourth proportional to a and b
(d) b 2 = ac
11(i) If a : b = c : d, then b : a = d : c. This is __________ property.
(a) Alternendo (b) Invertendo (c) componendo (d) dividendo
(ii) If a : b = c : d, then a : c = b : d. This is __________ property.
(a) Alternendo (b) Invertendo (c) componendo (d) dividendo
(iii) If a : b = c : d, then (a+b) : b = (c+d) : d. This is __________ property.
(a) Alternendo (b) Invertendo (c) componendo (d) dividendo
(iv) If a : b = c : d, then (a-b) : ( c-d) : d. This is __________ property.
(a) Alternendo (b) Invertendo (c) componendo (d) dividendo
(v) If a : b = c : d, then (a+b) : (a-b) = (c+d) : (c-d). This is __________ property.
(a) Alternendo (b) Invertendo (c) componendo & dividendo(d) dividendo
12. Find the fourth proportional of 2, 3, 42
(a) 28 (b) 63 (c) 252 (d) 27
13. Find the third proportional of 5, 10
(a) 20 (b) 5 (c) 500 (d) 19
14. The mean proportional between 64 and 81 is ___________
(a) 5184 (b) 17 (c) 73 (d) 72
15. The third proportional between a 2 – b 2 and a + b is __________
(a) (a+b) / (a-b) (b) (a+b) (a-b) (c) 1 (d) 0
16. What should be subtracted from each of the numbers 21, 38, 55 and 106 so that they are
in proportion.
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
17. What number must be added to each of the numbers 6, 15, 20 and 43 so that they are in
proportion.
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
𝑥4 +1 17
18. Using componendo and dividendo, find the value of x:
2𝑥2
= 8

(a) ± 1 (b) ± 2 (c) ± 3 (d) ± 4

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19. If 6 is the mean proportion between two numbers x and y and 48 is the third proportional
of x and y, the numbers are
(a) x=3 and y=12 (b) x=12 and y=3 (c) x=4 and y= 9 (d) x=9 and y=4
5𝑥 + 3𝑦
20. If x : y = 9:10, find the value of
5𝑥− 3𝑦

(a) 5 (b) -5 (c) 4 (d) -4

21. If (x-9) : (3x+6) is the duplicate ratio of 4:9, find the value of x.
(a) 5 (b) -5 (c) -25 (d) 25
√ 7𝑥 +√4𝑥−3
22. Solve for x: =6
√ 7𝑥 −√4𝑥−3

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8

23. If 15(2x 2 – y 2) = 7xy, find
(i) x : y
(a) 5:6 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:2 (d) 3:4
𝑥2 + 𝑦2
(ii)
𝑥2 − 𝑦2
65 55 65
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
19 11 −11
𝑥3 +12𝑥 𝑦3 +27𝑦
24. Given
6𝑥2 +8
= 9𝑦2 +27 , find

(i) x : y
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:4 (d) 1:3
𝑥3 + 𝑦3
(ii)
𝑥3 − 𝑦3
35 35 35
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
−19 19 9
4𝑥𝑦
25. If p =
𝑥+𝑦
, find
𝑝+2𝑥
(i) the value of
𝑝−2𝑥
3𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+3𝑦 𝑥+3𝑦 3𝑥+𝑦
(a) (b) (c) (d)
𝑥 −𝑦 𝑦−𝑥 𝑥−𝑦 𝑦−𝑥
𝑝+2𝑦
(ii) the value of
𝑝−2𝑦

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 3𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+3𝑦 𝑥+3𝑦 3𝑥+𝑦
(a) (b) (c) (d)
𝑥 −𝑦 𝑦−𝑥 𝑥−𝑦 𝑦−𝑥

𝑝+2𝑥 𝑝+2𝑦
(iii) the value of +
𝑝−2𝑥 𝑝−2𝑦

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2

26. There are 36 members in a student council in a school and the ratio of the number of boys
to the number of girls is 3:1. How many more girls should be added to the counc il so that the
ratio of number of boys to the number of girls may be 9:5?
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3

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