Year – 8

Mathematics
Ratio and Proportion Extra
1. Write each ratio in its simplest form.
a) 8 : 14
b) 16 : 32
c) 30 : 63
d) 6 : 24 : 18
e) 48 : 64 : 40
2. Write the missing number in each equivalent ratio below.
a) 5 : 2 = 20 : _______
b) 7 : 6 = ______ : 30
c) 11 : ________ = 33 : 15
d) ______ : 3 = 60 : 18
e) 2 : 3 : 5 = 8 : ____ : ____
f) 6 : 2 : 9 = _____ : ____ : 18
g) 7 : 4 : 1 = _____ : 12 : _____
3. Mary scored a total of 171 marks for her Science and Mathematics
test. The ratio of her Science marks to her Mathematics marks was
4:5. What was her Mathematics marks?
4. Joe packed some cookies into 3 tins A, B and C in the ratio 3 : 7 :
11. He packed 264 more cookies in Tin C than Tin A. Find the
total number of cookies in the 3 tins.
5. A piece of ribbon was cut into 2 pieces in the ratio 3:5. If the
length of the shorter piece was 18 cm, find the length of the
original piece of ribbon.
6. If 5 bottles of mineral water cost $4.25, find the cost of 3 bottles of
mineral water.
7. A car travels 475 km on 50 litres of petrol. Calculate
a) The rate of petrol consumption in km/l.
b) The petrol consumption of the car if it travels 190 km.
 8. The price of 5 pencils is 85 cents. Find the cost of 2 dozens of
pencils.
9. Lisa and Nancy shared a box of 175 paper clips between
themselves in the ratio 2 : 5. How many paper clips did Nancy get
than Lisa?
10. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 8. If the length of
the shortest side is 21 cm, find the perimeter of the triangle.

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Answers:
1. –
a) 4:7
b) 1:2
c) 10:21
d) 1:4:3
e) 6:8:5
2. –
a) 8
b) 35
c) 5
d) 10
e) 12, 20
f) 12, 4
g) 21, 3
3. 95
4. 693
5. 48 cm
6. $2.55
7. A
8. $4.08
9. 75 more
10.105 cm