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RATIO
REPEATED IDENTITY
EXAMPLE 1
James and Kelvin had a number of marbles in the ratio 9 : 2. Kelvin and Johnny had a number of
marbles in the ratio 4 : 9. If they had a total of 310 marbles altogether, how many more marbles
did James have than Johnny?
James : Kelvin Kelvin : Johnny
9×2 : 2×2 4 : 9
18 : 4 4 9

James : Kelvin : Johnny

18 : 4 : 9
Total units  18 units + 4 units + 9 units 31 units
31 units  310
1 unit  310 ÷ 31 = 10
Difference between the number of marbles of Johnny and James  18 units – 9 units = 9 units
9 units  90 (Ans)
EXAMPLE 2
The figure is made up of a rectangle and a square. The ratio of the unshaded area of the square to
the shaded area is 2 : 3. The ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area of the rectangle is 1 : 4.
Given that the area of the shaded part is 9cm2 , what is the area of the figure?

4 ×3 = 12
3 ×1
2 =3

3 units  9
1 unit  9 ÷ 3 = 3
Total units  2 units + 3 units + 12 units  17 units  17 × 3 = 51 cm2 (Ans)

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PRACTISE
Question 1.
The ratio of Ron’s money to Ted’s money is 3 : 5. The ratio of Ted’s money to Bob’s money is
2 : 3. The three men have a total of $1240. How much more money has Bob than Ron?

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Question 2.
Hans and Ali shared a number of biscuits in the ratio of 5: 7. The ratio of the number of biscuits
Hans to Sue was 4: 9. Given that Sue had 34 more biscuits than Ali, how many biscuits did they
have altogether?

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Question 3
The ratio of the number of apartment in flat A to flat B is 7 : 2. The ratio of the number of
apartments in flat B to flat C is 2 : 4. The three flats have a total of 1300 apartments. How many
more apartments has flat A than flat C?

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Question 4
In the figure below, the ratio of the shaded area to the area of Square ABCD is 3 : 5. The ratio of
the shaded area to the area of Rectangle WXYZ is 2: 3. Given that the shaded area is 54 cm2 ,
what is the area of the figure?

A B

X Y

D W C Z

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Question 5
The figure is made up of a rectangle and a triangle. The ratio of the unshaded area of the
rectangle to the shaded area is 2: 1. And the area of the rectangle is twice the area of the triangle.
Find the area of the shaded part of the figure given that the area of the figure is 49cm2.

Ans:

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