PRIMARY 5

STANDARD MATHEMATICS
Problem Solving Skill (PSS6) – Ratio (Word Problems)
Name: _______________________________ Class: Resilience _ / 5M _

1. In a pet shop, the ratio of the number of hamsters to the number of

rabbits is 11: 2. After 18 of the hamsters were sold, the ratio of the
number of hamsters to the number of rabbits became 4: 1. How
many hamsters and rabbits were there in the pets shop in the end?

Ans: ______________
2. Yesterday, the ratio of number of stamps Ali had to that of Sam’s
was 9 : 11. This morning, Sam gave Ali 234 stamps. Now the ratio
of the number of Ali’s stamps to Sam’s stamps is 3 : 2. Find the
number of stamps Ali had at first.
3. Clifford and Julian shared a number of marbles in the ratio of 6 :
11. Their friend then returned 65 marbles back to each of them. At
the end, the ratio of Clifford’s marbles to Julian’s marbles became
5 : 7. Find the total marbles that both of them have in the end.