Ratio

Question 1

Split a £20 bill in the ratio 2:8

Answer 1

£4 : £16

Question 2

Claire and Amy share £910 in the ratio 9:1.

How much does Amy get?

Answer 2

£91

Question 3

Share £45 in the ratio 4:5

Answer 3

£20 : £25

Question 4

There must be 1 teacher to every 4 students on a school trip. If there are 25 people altogether, how many are students?

Answer 4

20

Question 5

Ruby and Rosita worked for 2 hours and 5 hours respectively. They were paid £34 between them. How much of it was Ruby’s?

Answer 5

£9.71

Question 6

There are 99 employees at the factory. They are split between night and day shift in a ratio of 2:9. How many people work days?

Answer 6

81

Question 7

Split a £45 bill in the ratio 4:5

Answer 7

£20 : £25

Question 8

Barry and Taj split a scratchcard 40p to £1.60 respectively. If they won a £10,000 prize, how much would Taj get?

Answer 8

£8000

Question 9

Juice is made by mixing water and squash in the ratio 5:7. To make 36 litres of juice, how much water is needed?

Answer 9

15 litres

Question 10

Cement is made by mixing water and gravel in the ratio 3:8. To make 121kg of cement, how much gravel is needed?

Answer 10

88kg

Question 11

Cheryl and Ashley share a £300 cheque in the ratio 3:7. Show how much they got as a ratio.

Answer 11

£90 : £210

Question 12

A recipe mixes butter and flour in the ratio 7:5. If the mixture is 240g in total, how much of it is butter?

Answer 12

140g

Question 13

A cocktail calls for a 2:5 ratio of rum to pineapple juice. The drink is 280ml in total, how much of it is rum?

Answer 13

80ml

Question 14

A workforce of 800 is split by early, late and night shifts. The ratio is 5:4:1. How many people work the late shift?

Answer 14

320

Question 15

A party splits a bill in a ratio of 2:2:3. The bill is £128. How much does each person pay?

Answer 15

£36.57 : £36.57 : £54.86

Question 16

Purple paint is made from blue paint and red paint in a 1:3 ratio. If I have 39 litres of red paint, how much blue paint do I need?

Answer 16

13

Question 17

Mayonnaise is made from eggs and oil in a ratio of 100ml : 150ml. If I wanted to make 2 litres of mayo, how much of that would be oil?

Answer 17

1200ml

Question 18

I’m mixing 5 litres of squash to water in a ratio of 2:5. How much of it is water?

Answer 18

3571ml

Question 19

A school needs 1 minibus for every 34 learners. If they have 428 learners, how many buses will they need?

Answer 19

13

Question 20

If a work bonus of £750 is split between a Gerry, Ted and Hardeep in a ratio of 1:3:2, how much will Ted get?

Answer 20

£375