Class 6- RATIO AND PROPORTION

TEST PAPER

A. MCQS (1 mark)
1. Find the missing proportion: 5 : 4 = b : 40
A) 87
B) 55

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D) 23
2. Gita travels a total of 9.6 kilometres. She walks 1800 meters and

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takes a bus for the rest of the distance. The ratio of the distance

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travelled by walking to the distance covered by the bus is :
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B) 1:6
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C) 3:13
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3. Find the ratio: 9m to 450cm?

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A) 4 : 3
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B) 2 : 1
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C) 1 : 2
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D) 3 : 2
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4. Write the ratios in the simplest form: 8 to 900

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A) 23 : 8
B) 16 : 8
C) 13 : 24
D) 24 : 17
5. Which ratio is larger in the following pair: 9 : 2; 6 : 3
A) 9 : 2
B) 3 : 2
C) 4 : 2
D) 5 : 9

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6. The ratio of zinc and copper in an alloy is 7 : 9. If total weight of alloy

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is 32 Kg. Find the weight of zinc and copper?

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A) 23, 42

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B) 14, 18
C) 41, 81 by
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D) 98, 32
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7. The present age of Shankar and Nibedita are 24 years and 17 years
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respectively. Find the ratio of their present ages?

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A) 23 : 8
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B) 16 : 8
C) 13 : 24
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D) 24 : 17
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8. Rajesh is 50 years old and his neighbour Aditya is 75 years old. In 10

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years, the ratio of their ages will be :

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A)17:12
B)12:17
C)15:17
9. A cyclist covers a distance of 30 km in 2 hours. Find the distance
travelled by the cyclist in 8 hours?
A) 230 km
B) 120 km
C) 130 km
D) 210 km

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10. Write the ratios in the simplest form: 1500 to 1700

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A) 23 : 8

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B) 16 : 8

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D) 24 : 17 by
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11. Which ratio is larger in the following pair: 15 : 5; 20 : 8

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A) 12 : 34
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B) 15 : 5
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C) 3 : 15
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D) 5 : 15
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B.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING (2 MARKS):

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12. Check whether the following ratios are in proportion or not:

a) 3:4, 9:12
b) 2:5, 5:10

13. Write the ratio of

a) 500m to 1 km
b) 50 paise to 2 rupees

14. Fill up: 9 : 8 : : 45 : __

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15. In the ratio 3 : 5, the consequent is 15. Find the antecedent.

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16. Compare the ratio 7 :6 and 24 : 9?
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17. Fill up: If two ratios are equal then are said to be in _______.
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C. WORD PROBLEMS (4 marks)

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18. Sanu shared 500 rupees among his two daughters in the ratio 2:3.
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Find the share of each.

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19. Cost of a dozen pens is 108 rupees and cost of 7 ball pens is 49
rupees. Find the ratio of the cost of a pen to the cost of a ball pen.
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20. The number of boys and girls in a class are 16 and 14 respectively.
Express the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the
simplest form.

21. The weight of 63 books is 9 kg. What is the weight of 70 such

books?

22. Anu had 350 rupees with her. She shared it in the ratio 3:4. Find the
share of each person.

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23. Present age of father is 40 years and that of his son is 8 years. Find

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the ratio of

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a) Present age of father to present age of son.
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b) Age of father after 10 years to the age of son after 10 years.
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24. If it has rained 265 mm in the last 5 days, how many mm of rain will
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fall in one full week in the same weather condition?

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25. In a school of 2000 students, 70 are girls. Find the ratio of boys to all
the students?
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26. Cost of 5 kg rice is 160 rupees.

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a) What will be the cost of 8 kg of rice?

b) What quantity of rice can be purchased with 320 rupees?
27. Divide 3000 among P, Q, R in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5

28. Which ratio is larger in the following pair: 15 : 5; 20 : 8

29. Rehman can solve a problem in 4 hours while Shyam can solve the
same problem in 6 hours. Find the ratio of both?

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30. Reshma has Rs 400 and she has two sons Amrit and Ayan. She

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wants to divide her share among her two children with respect to their
ages 5 and 7. Find the share that each will get?

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