RATIOS & PROPORTION CONCEPT 19

LEVEL – 1

1. In a bag of red and green sweets, the ratio of red sweets to green sweets is 3:4. If the bag contains

120 green sweets, how many red sweets are there?

(1)120 (2)90 (3)80 (4)60

2. A special cereal mixture contains rice, wheat and corn in the ratio of 2:3:5. If a bag of the mixture

contains 3 pounds of rice, how much corn does it contain?

(1)6.5 (2)8 (3)12.5 (4)7.5

3. Clothing store A sells T-shirts in only three colors: red, blue and green. The colors are in the ratio of 3

to 4 to 5. If the store has 20 blue T-shirts, how many T-shirts does it have altogether?

(1)60 (2)50 (3)80 (4)45

4. A bucket holds 4 quarts of popcorn. If 1/3 cup of corn kernels makes 2 quarts of popcorn, how many

buckets can be filled with the popcorn made from 4 cups of kernels?

(1)96 (2)24

(3)6 (4)3 (5)1.5

5. The ratio of j to k to l to mto p is 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1. If j = 60, what is the value of m?

(1)8 (2)12

(3)24 (4)55 (5)57

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6. Five of the 12 members of a club are girls and the rest are boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls in

the club?(Grid your ratio as a fraction)

(1)2/5 (2)7/5 (3)3/5 (4)none

7. The ratio of 1.5 to 32 is the same as the ratio of 0.15 to x. What is the value of x?

(1)5.2 (2)6.5 (3)3.2 (4)none

8. If A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 4:5 then find A:C.

(1)8:15 (2)8:12 (3)3:5 (4)none

9. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4 : 8 and the sum of these numbers is 975. Find the biggest

number?.

(1)195 (2)260 (3)250 (4)520

10. Two numbers are in the ratio of 4 : 5. If the difference between these numbers is 24, then find the

smallest number?.

(1)120 (2)96 (3)150 (4)none.

11. Given two numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4. If 8 is added to each of them, their ratio is changed to 5 :

6. Find the sum of two numbers.

(1)28 (2)32 (3)30 (4)none

12. If 76 is divided into four parts proportional to 7, 5, 3, 4, then the smallest part is:

(1)12 (2)15 (3)16 (4)19.

13. The ratio of copper and Zinc in a mixture is 11:9. The weight of the Zinc is 32.4 kg then the weight of

copper is
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(1)39.6 (2)33 (3)40 (4)none

14. A rato is equal to 5/3 and the terms differ by 16.Find the sum of the two terms?

(1)40 (2) 24 (3) 64 (4) None

15. If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to:

(1) 1.12 (2) 1.2 (3) 1.25 (4) 1.30

16. The difference between two positive numbers is 10 and the ratio between them is 5:3. Find

the product of the two numbers.

(1) 375 (2) 175 (3) 275 (4) 125

17. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2:3:4. The ratio between the times taken by these cars to

travel the same distance is

(1) 2:3:4 (2) 4:3:2

(3) 4:3:6 (4) 6:4:3

18. The mean proportional of 0.04 and 0.36 is

(1) 144 (2) 0.12

(3) 1.44 (4) 1.2 (5) 14.4

19. The compound ratio of 4:5, 5:6 and 11: 13 is

(1) 2/3 (2) 55/78

(3) 22/39 (4) 44/65 (5) 1/3

20. The fourth proportion to 16, 28 and 20 is

(1) 26 (2) 28
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(3) 30 (4) 35 (5) 38

LEVEL – 2

1. Three friends A, B and C divide $1105 amongst them in such a way that if $10, $20 and $15 are

removed from the sums that A, B and C received respectively, then the share of the sums that they

got will be in the ratio of 11 : 18 : 24. How much did Charlie receive?

(1) $495 (2) $510

(3) $480 (4) $375 (5) $360

2. A recipe for making 10 loaves of bread requires 24 cups of flour and 4 tablespoons of baking powder.

If the proportions in this recipe are to be used to make 3 loaves of bread, how many cups of flour will

be needed? (Do not round your answer)

(1) 72 (2) 2.7 (3) 30 (4) 7.2

3. If 391 bananas were distributed among three monkeys in the ratio 1/2:2/3:3/4. How many bananas

did the first monkey get?

(1) 102 (2) 108 (3) 112 (4) 104

4. Rs. 5625 is divided among A,B and C so that A receives ½ as much as B and C together receive and B

receives ¼ of what A and C together receive. The share of A is more than that of B by Rs. ?

(1) 750 (2) 725 (3) 675 (4) 705

5. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4:3. If 5 liters of water is added to the mixture, the

ratio becomes 4:5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture.
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(1)8 Liters (2)10 Liters

(3)18 Liters (4)22 Liters

6. If a carton containing a dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following cannot be the ratio of broken

mirrors to unbroken mirrors?

(1) 1:3 (2) 2:1 (3) 5:7 (4) 3:7

7. If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to 1/2:2/3:3/4, then the first part is?

(1)Rs. 182 (2)Rs. 190

(3) Rs. 196 (4) Rs. 204

8. A sum of Money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5:2: 4:3. If C gets Rs. 1000

more than D, what is B’s share?

(1) Rs. 500 (2) Rs. 1500

(3) Rs. 2000 (4) None of these

9. The sum of three numbers is 68 . The first two are in the ratio 2:3 and the last two numbers are in the

ratio 5:3. Then the second number is --

(1)10 (2)30 (3)20 (4)25

10. By Dividing Rs 11800 among three friends A,B,and C such that the ratio of the Shares of A&B is

3:4 and that of B and C is 5:6 find the A’s share .

(1)2000 (2)3000

(3)4000 (4)5000
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11. 125 litres of mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3:2 . How much water

should be added so that the ratio of milk and water becomes 3:4.

(1)50 (2)150 (3)100 (4)none

12. In a box same 5 paise coins, 10 paise coins and 25 paise coins are found in the ratio 4:5:7. If the total

value of the sum is Rs 24.50. Find the number of 25 paise coins.

(1) 40 (2) 50 (3) 70 (4) None

13. By Dividing Rs 4860 among three A , B and C so that if their shares be diminished by 10 , 20, and 30

res. The reminders shall be in the ratio 3:4:5. Then what is the initial share of B

` (1)1600 (2)1610

(3)1620 (4)2030

14. Mahender saved one- sixth of his income and invested them in three firms in the ration of 6 :3:5 . if

Rs 90 was his greatest investment , find his income .

(1) 1470 (2) 1260

(3) 2450 (4)None

15. Rs 286 is divided among A, B and C so that A gets twice as much as B and thrice as much as C. Find

the share of B.

(1) Rs 52 (2) Rs 78 (3) Rs 22 (4) none

16. What should be subtracted from 23, 30, 57 and 78, so that the reminders be in the proportion

(1) 6 (2) 8 (3) 9 (4) None

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17. A school has 300 students. If the ratio of boys to girls is 31 to 44, how many more girls are there in

the school?

(1)50 (2)55 (3)52 (4)60

18. At a small college, the ratio of men to women is 9:4. If there are presently 720 women, how many

additional women would it take to reduce the ratio of men to women to 2:1?

(1) 90 (2) 60 (3)80 (4)70

19. There are 600 pupils in a school. The ratio of boys to girls in this school is 3:5. How many girls are in

this school?

(1)375 (2)325 (3)225 (4)none

20. X, Y, Z share a sum of Rs. 3600 share of X is half the sum of he shares of Y and Z Y’s share is two

– thirds of the sum of shares of X and Z. What is Z’s share in rupees?

(1) Rs. 640 (2) Rs. 960

(3) Rs. 800 (4) Rs. 1000

LEVEL – 3

1. A dog takes 4 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare but three leaps of the dog is equal to 4 leaps of the

hare. Compare their speeds

(1) 16:15 (2) 16:9 (3) 16:18 (4) 15:18

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2. A vessel is partially filled with a mixture of 80 litres milk and water in the ratio 9:7. Find the quantity

of water to be added to change the ratio to 5:6

(1) 17 lit (2) 21 lit

(3) 19 lit (4) 23 lit

3. P:Q = 3:4, Q:R= 12:13, R:S=26:45 then find P:S

(1) 2:5 (2) 2:3 (3) 2:4 (4) 2:2

4. a:b:c=1:2:3 then 1/a:1/b:1/c

(1)1:2:3 (2)3:2:1

(3)6:3:4 (4)6:3:2

5. A:B=1:4 if both increased by 10 ratio is 1:2 original values are

(1)20,80 (2)5, 20 (3)3,12 (4)10,40

6. A+B is 72. Difference between A,B is 12. A:B is

(1)5:7 (2) 3:5 (3) 3:2 (4)7:5

7. A+B+C=90, A is 66.66% of B, which is 75% C then A,B,C are

(1)20,30,40 (2)30,20,40

(3)40,30,20 (4)40,20,30

8. A is 40% B and B is 50% c a:b:c

(1)1:3:5 (2) 2:5:10

(3) 1:2:3 (4)3:5:8

9. Fid the mean proportion of 4 and 64

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(1)16 (2)32 (3)8 (4)64

10. Find the fourth proportion of 12 18 and 80

(1)100 (2)150 (3)120 (4)130

11. Sum of the two numbers is thrice the diff between them one is 15 Other is

(1)30 (2)7.5 (3)1 or 2 (4)15

12. Ratio of girls and boys in a class is 3:2 if 40 boys added ratio reversed no of girls in the class are

(1)48 (2)30 (3)35 (4)45

13. 100 chocolates are distributed among the class each got 4 times the no of students. Find the no of

students in the class

(1)20 (2)5 (3)4 (4)25

14. The volume of cylinder varies jointly as the area of its base and height. The volume of a cylinder

whose base area is X m2 and height is 2h m is 200 m3. Find the volume of a cone whose base is 4X m 2

and height is

4h m

(1)800 (2)400 (3)500 (4)200

15. Ratio of ages of father and son 5 years hence is 3:1.current ratio of their ages is 5:1. Find the age of

the father 5 years back

(1)20 (2)25 (3)15 (4)30

16. Ratio of ages of father and son is 2:1.After 10 years ratio of their ages is 5:3. Find the current age of

the son
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(1)10 (2)25 (3)20 (4)30

17. Area of pyramid varies directly with height and base radius. Area of pyramid of radius r and height 4h

is 300m2. if the radius is halved and the height doubled, find the new area

(1)300 (2)200 (3)400 (4)100

18. Production of car involves variable expenses and fixed cost. Total cost is 2000 when variable cost of

each item is 15 and manufactured 100 items. Total cost of production increased to 3000 when the

variable cost increased per item is 20; find the no of items produced

(1)1000 (2)1200 (3)1250 (4)1500

19. A ball is falling from a building. Distance traveled is directly proportional to time, when t=10, d=90.

find the distance traveled when t=15

(1)150 (2)120 (3)100 (4)125

20. Distance traveled by a ball is proportional to square of the weight. The ball is divided into two parts of

weights in the ratio 2:3, find the distance traveled when the ball is not broken if the new distance

traveled is 42m

(1)121 (2)100 (3)400 (4)144

KEY

LEVEL - 1

1.2 2.4 3.1 4.2 5.3 6.2 7.3

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8.1 9.4 10.2 11.1 12.1 13.1 14.3

15.2 16.1 17.4 18.2 19.4 20.4

LEVEL - 2

1.1 2.4 3.1 4.1 5.2 6.4 7.4

8.3 9.2 10.2 11.1 12.3 13.3 14.2

15.2 16.1 17.3 18.1 19.1 20.2

LEVEL - 3

1.1 2.3 3.1 4.4 5.2 6.4 7.1

8.2 9.1 10.3 11.3 12.1 13.4 14.1

15.1 16.3 17.1 18.3 19.4 20.2