Must Know Heuristics

Repeated Identity

1. The ratio of Jamal’s height to Xavier’s height is 4 : 3. The ratio of Xavier’s height

to Peter’s height is 2 : 5. If the total height of the 3 boys is 232 cm, find Peter’s
height.

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2. The ratio of handbags to purses in a shop was 6 : 7. After of the purses were
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sold, there were 135 more handbags than purses. How many handbags were
there in the shop?

Ans: __________________________________

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3. A bakery baked some chocolate, almond and vanilla cookies. For every 3
chocolate cookies that were baked, 2 almond cookies were baked. For every 4

chocolate cookies that were baked, 3 vanilla cookies were baked.

(a) Find the ratio of the chocolate cookies to almond cookies to vanilla

cookies baked.

(b) After the bakery baked another 120 almond cookies, 30% of the cookies

in the end were almond cookies. How many chocolate cookies did the
bakery bake?

Ans: (a) ______________________________

(b) ______________________________

4. The ratio of the number of toy planes that Darryl had to the number of toy
planes Daniel had was 3 : 5. The ratio of the number of toy planes that Daniel

had to the number of toy planes than David had was 3 : 4. If Darryl had 22 less
toy planes than David, how many toy planes did Daniel have?

Ans: __________________________________

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5. There were some Chinese, Indian and Malay guests at a wedding. The ratio of
the number of Malay guests to the number of Chinese guests was 7 : 2. The ratio

of the number of Indian guests to the number of Malay guests was 5 : 3. After
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104 Indian guests left the wedding, of the remaining guests were Indians. How
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many guests remained at the wedding?

Ans: __________________________________

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6. Hannah had 7 as many beads as Kirsten. Kirsten had as many beads as Anita.
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If Anita had 242 more beads than Hannah, how many beads did the girls have

in all?

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7. When of a box is filled with flour, its mass is 0.13 kg. When of the box is
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filled with flour, its mass is 0.23 kg. Find the mass of the box when it is empty.

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8. Anthony, Benny and Charlie had some sweets. The average number of sweets
Anthony and Benny had was 120. The average number of sweets Benny and
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Charlie had was 95. Given that Charlie had as many sweets as Anthony, find
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the number of sweets that Benny had.

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9. The value of the $2-notes in Alina’s wallet is equal to the value of the $5-notes
in Serena’s wallet. Serena spent $60 and the ratio of the number of notes in

Alina’s wallet to the number of notes in Serena’s wallet became 25 : 6. How

much money was there in Alina’s wallet?

Ans: __________________________________

10. 30% of the buffaloes in a herd were males. When 60 more female buffaloes
joined the herd, the percentage of the male buffaloes in the herd dropped to

20%. How many male buffaloes were there in the herd?

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