The Learning Tree

Senior School
Mathematics Grade VIII
Quiz
Ratio proportion and probability

Name: Duration:40minutes
Section: Total Marks: 24

1. Giovanna is mixing paint.

She mixes 450 ml of yellow paint with 750 ml of blue paint and 1.8 litres of white paint.

Circle the correct ratio of yellow : blue : white paint.

Show your working.

45 : 75 : 18 3 : 5 : 12 9 : 15 : 32 1 : 1.5 : 4

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2. Simplify the ratio 4.2 : 0.6 : 1.8.

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3. Share $45 between Anie and Caz in the ratios 1 : 3 : 5.

Anie = $ ………………….. [1]

Caz = $ …………………… [1]

4. The ratio of men to women in an orchestra is 7 : 5.

The number of adults in the orchestra is greater than 40 but less than 50.

How many adults are in the orchestra?

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5. Ana mixes a fruit drink using grape juice and apple juice in the ratio 3 : 7.

Beth mixes a fruit drink using grape juice and apple juice in the ratio 8 : 17.

a) What fraction of each fruit drink is grape juice?

Ana’s fruit drink: ………………. [1]

Beth’s fruit drink: ………………. [1]

b) Whose fruit drink, Ana’s or Beth’s, has the higher proportion of grape juice?

Show all your working. Justify your choice.

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6. A spinner has four coloured sections.

They are different sizes.

The spinner is spun.

The probability that it is blue is 0.15.

The probability that it is green is 0.45.

a) Find the probability that it is not blue.

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b) Find the probability that it is neither blue nor green
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7. Here are two sets of card

One card is taken at random from each set.

a) One possible outcome is A1.
List all the possible outcomes in this way.

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b) Find the probability of choosing a B and an odd number.

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c) Find the probability of not choosing C or 3.

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3. Two fair dice are thrown.

The scores are added

. a) Copy and complete this table to show the possible totals.

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b) Find the probability of a total of 8.

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c) Find the probability of a total less than 7.

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d) Find the probability of at least one 6 on a dice.

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4. Arun throws a fair dice 3 times. He is trying to throw 6s.
a) Copy and complete this diagram to show the possible outcomes.

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b) Are all the outcomes equally likely? Give a reason for your answer.

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