The document contains 18 math word problems involving ratios, percentages, discounts, and proportional reasoning. The problems cover a range of skills including calculating ratios, determining percentages of quantities, solving for unknown values, and setting up proportional relationships.
The document contains 18 math word problems involving ratios, percentages, discounts, and proportional reasoning. The problems cover a range of skills including calculating ratios, determining percentages of quantities, solving for unknown values, and setting up proportional relationships.
The document contains 18 math word problems involving ratios, percentages, discounts, and proportional reasoning. The problems cover a range of skills including calculating ratios, determining percentages of quantities, solving for unknown values, and setting up proportional relationships.
The document contains 18 math word problems involving ratios, percentages, discounts, and proportional reasoning. The problems cover a range of skills including calculating ratios, determining percentages of quantities, solving for unknown values, and setting up proportional relationships.
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1. Giselle bought 12 oranges, 14 apples and 8 papayas.
What was the ratio of the
total number of fruits to the number of apples? (1) 7 : 11 (2) 7 : 17 (3) 11 : 7 (4) 17 : 7
8 2. Jason has some local and foreign stamps. The total number of stamps is of 3 the number of foreign stamps. What is the rasio of number of foreign stamps to the number of local stamps? (1) 5 : 3 (2) 3 : 5 (3) 8 : 3 (4) 3 : 8
3. The ratio of the numbers of boys to the number of girls at a birthday party was 5 : 7. 9 girls left. The ratio of the number of boys to the numbers of girls became 5 : 4. Find the total number of boys and girls at first. (1) 12 (2) 24 (3) 36 (4) 48
4. A box contains some red, yellow and blue beads. The ratio of the number of red beads to the number of yellow beads is 2 : 5. The ratio of the number of red beads to the number of blue beads is 4 : 7. What fraction of the beads are yellow? 10 (1) 11 5 (2) 21 10 (3) 21 21 (4) 10 5. The ratio of Melvern’s age to Mikaela’s age is 3 : 2. Mikaela is 4 years younger than Melvern. How old is Mikaela? (1) 12 years old (2) 8 years old (3) 7 years old (4) 6 years old
6. In a class, 10 pupils walk to school. This is 20% of the total number of pupils in the class. How many pupils are there in class? (1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 40 (4) 50
7. A board game cost $20 before GST. There was a 5% GST on the board game. How much was the GST? (1) $0.50 (2) $1 (3) $19 (4) $21
8. Galen spent 40% of his savings and had $30 left. How much did she spend? (1) $5 (2) $10 (3) $20 (4) $40
9. The price of a camera was $3000. During a sale, there was a 10% discount for the camera. What was the discounted price of the camera? (1) $3300 (2) $2700 (3) $300 (4) $30
10. A meal at a restaurant cost $5. It’s price increased to $7 the following week. What was the percentage increase in the cost of the meal? (1) 20% (2) 25% (3) 40% (4) 120%
11. 40% of Jordan’s stamps are local stamps. What is the ratio of the number of local stamps to the number of foreign stamps that Jordan has? (1) 2 : 5 (2) 5 : 2 (3) 3 : 2 (4) 2 : 3
12. There are 250 adults and children at a funfair. There are 50 adults at the funfair. What percentage of the people at the funfair are adults?
(1) 20%
(2) 25%
(3) 50%
(4) 75%
13. Kevin’s monthly allowance decreased from $100 in February to $85 in March. What was the percentage decrease in his allowance from February to March? (1) 25% (2) 20% (3) 15% (4) 10% 1 3 14. Jordan has as many stickers as Melvern. Melvern has as many stickers as 2 2 Jason. According to word problem above, which model is correct to find the ratio of the number of stickers Jordan has to the number of stickers Melvern has to the number of stickers Jason has?
(1) Jordan
Melvern
Jason
(2) Jordan
Melvern
Jason
(3) Jordan
Melvern
Jason
(4)
Jordan
Melvern
Jason 15. (1) (2) (3) (4)
16. The price of a set of hardcover storybooks last year was $100. This year, the price of storybooks increased to $120. Next year, the price of the storybooks will (c)
17. Michelle uses 200 g of sugar and 50 g of milk to make some cupcakes. The ratio of the amount of milk used to the amount of sugar used is ____. (1) 4 : 1 (2) 1 : 4 (3) 5 : 1 (4) 1 : 5
18. According to the number 17, to make the same type of cupcakes, Michelle needs ____ of milk if she uses (1) (2) (3) (4)
