Ration Practice Sheet

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1. If (a + b) : (b + c) : (c + a) = 7 : 6 : 5 and a + 8. Four numbers are in proportion. The sum of
1 1 1 the squares of the four No. is 50 and the sum
b + c = 27, then what is the value of 𝑎 ∶ 𝑏 ∶ 𝑐
of means is 5. The ratio of two terms is 1:3
?
what is the average of four numbers
(a) 3 : 6 : 4 (b) 3 : 4 : 2
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 3 : 2 : 4 (d) 4 : 3 : 6
(c) 5 (d) 6
2. If 6A = 4B = 9C, what is A : B : C?
9. The Ratio of income of Anil and Mukesh is 2
(a) 6 : 4 : 9 (b) 4 : 6 : 9
: 3. The sum of their expenditure is 8,000 and
(c) 6 : 9 : 4 (d) 4 : 9 : 6
the amount of savings of Anil is equal to
amount of expenditure of Mukesh. What is
3. If A : B = 6 : 7 then what is the value of
the sum of their savings?
expression 3A² + 4B / 3A² – 4B
(a) 22,000 (b) 4,000
(a) 17 : 20 (b) 20 :17
(c) 16,000 (d) 12,000
(c) 10 : 13 (d) 13 : 10
𝑎 𝑐 𝑒 10. A naught student break the pencil in such a
4. If 𝑏 ∶ ∶ =3 way that the ratio of two broken parts is
𝑑 𝑓
find 2a² + 3c² + 4e² / 2b² + 3d² + 4f ² same as that of the original length of the
(a) 9 (b) 4 pencil to one of the larger part of the pencil.
(c) 3 (d) 2 The ratio of the other part to the original
length of pencil is:
5. If w1 : w2 = 2 : 3 and w1 : w3 = 1 : 2 the find (a) 1 : 2 5 (b) 2 : (3 + 5)
w22 : w32 (c) 2 : 5 (d) cannot determined
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 9: 19
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 16 : 9 11. If a³ + b³ : a³ – b3 = 133 : 117; find a : b:
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 5 : 4
6. The volume of gold is proportional to the (c) 5 : 2 (d) None of these
square of its weight. A person breaks a piece
of gold in the form of 3 : 2 : 1 then he has a 12. A child has three different kinds of
loss of Rs. 4620 then tell the initial price of chocolates costing Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs 10. He
gold. spends total Rs 120 on the chocolates. What
(a) 7460 (b) 7560 is the minimum possible number of
(c) 9450 (d) 10800 chocolates, he can buy, if there must be at
least one chocolate of each kind?
7. 22,500 is to be divided among A, B, C, D as (a) 22 (b) 19
follows. that the sum of the shares of A and C (c) 17 (d) 15
is 3/2 of the sum of the shares of B and D.
B’s share is 5/4 of D’s share. And the share 13. In the previous problem (no. 8) what is the
of A is 3 times that of C, then tell the share of maximum possible no. of chocolates?
D. (a) 52 (b) 53
(a) 5,000 (b) 10,125 (c) 55 (d) 60
(c) 3,375 (d) 4,000
14. In the Ruchika's wallet there are only Rs. 16,
consisting of 10 paise, 20 paise and Rs. 1
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coins. The ratio of no. of coins of 10 paise (c) 17 : 22 (d) None of these
and 20 paise is 6 : 1. The minimum no. of Rs.
1 coin is: 21. 10 yrs. Ago the age of Radha was 1/3rd of the
(a) 5 (b) 12 age of Mamta. 14 year hence the ratio of ages
(c) 4 (d) 8 of Radha and Mamta will be 5 : 9. Find the
ratio of their present ages:
15. Nehru Ji had 'n' chocolates. He distributed (a) 13:29 (b) 11 : 27
them among 4 children in the ratio of 1/2 : (c) 29 : 17 (d) 13 : 25
1/3 : 1/5 : 1/8. If he gave them each one a
complete chocolate, the minimum no. of 22. x varies directly as (y² + z²) At y = 1 and z =
chocolates that he had: 2, the value of x is 15. Find the value of z,
(a) 139 (b) 240 when x = 39 and y = 2:
(c) 278 (d) None of these (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6
16. Equal quantities of three mixtures of Alcohol
and water are mixed in the ratio of 1 : 2, 2 : 3 23. S, T and U have amounts in the ratio of 3 : 4 :
and 3 : 4. The ratio of water and Alcohol in 5. First T gives 1/4th to S and 1/4th to U gives
the mixture is: 1/6th S. Find the final ratio of amount of S, T
(a) 193 : 122 (b) 122 : 193 and U, respectively.
(c) 61 : 97 (d) 137 : 178 (a) 4 : 3 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 : 3
(c) 6 : 4 : 2 (d) 5 : 2 : 5
17. A and B are two alloys of Iron and tin
prepared by mixing the respective metals in 24. A three digit number is such that this number
the ratio of 5 : 3 and 5 : 11 respectively. If the itself is divisible by the sum of its digits. The
alloys A and B are mixed to form a third sum of hundreds and unit digit is 6 while the
alloy C with an equal proportion of Iron and sum of the tens and unit digit is 5. What is
tin, what is the ratio of alloys A and B in the the ratio of unit and tens digit:
new alloy C? (a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3
(a) 3 : 5 (b) 4 : 5 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 2 : 7
(c) 3 : 2 (d) 2 : 3
25. Ram bought 1.5 kg. fresh grapes. The ratio of
18. The ratio of third proportional to 21 and 42 water is to pulp was 4 : 1. When his naughty
and mean proportional to 16 and 49 is: child crushed these grapes, then some water
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 2 : 3 get wasted. Now the ratio of water is to pulp
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 1 : 3 is 3 : 2. What is the total amount of the
crushed grapes?
19. Find the value of p² q² / r² s², if p : q :: r : s. (a) 0.5 kg. (b) 1 kg
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/9 (c) 0.75 kg (d) None
(c) ps/rq (d) (p-q/r-s)2
26. If m = 4pq, then the value of (m+2p / m – 2p)
20. A rabit takes 22 leaps for every 17 leaps of + (m + 2q / m - 2q)
cat and 22 leaps of a rabit are equal to 17 (a) 2 (b) 4
leaps of the cat. What is the ratio of the (c) 2mpq/ p+q (d) None of these
speeds of rabit and cat?
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 484 : 289
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27. Three cats are roaming in a zoo in such a way 33. Ratanlal sells rasgullas (a favorite Indian
that when cat A takes 5 steps, B takes 6 steps sweets) at Rs. 15 per kg. A rasgulla is
and cat C takes What is the ratio of their madeup of flour and sugar in the ratio of 5 :
speeds: 3. The ratio of price of sugar and flour is 7 : 3
(a) 140 : 144 : 147 (b) 40 : 44 : 47 (per kg). Thus he earns 66 2/3 % profit. What
(c) 15 : 21 : 28 (d) 252 : 245 : 240 is the cost price of sugar?
(a) Rs. 10/kg. (b) Rs. 9/kg.
28. Find the value of x if (14x – 4) : (8x – 1) = (c) Rs. 18/kg. (d) Rs. 14/kg.
(3x + 8) : (9x + 5):
(a) 1 (b) 1/2 34. A company make a profit of Rs. 9,00,000,
(c) 3/4 (d) None 20% of which is paid as taxes. If the rest is
divided among the partners P, Q and R in the
29. Pooja, Shipra and Monika are three sisters. 1
ratio of 1 : 1 2 : 2, then the shares of P,Q and
Pooja and Shipra are twins. The ratio of sum
R are respectively:
of the ages of Pooja and Shipra is same as
(a) 2,40,000; 3,20,000; 1,60,000
that of Monika alone. Three yrs earlier the
(b) 3,20,000; 2,40,000; 1,60,000
ratio of age of Pooja and Monika was 2 : 7.
(c) 1,60,000; 3,20,000; 2,40,000
What will be the age of Shipra 3 yrs hence?
(d) 1,60,000; 2,40,000; 3,20,000
(a) 21 yrs. (b) 16 yrs.
(c) 8 yrs. (d) 12 yrs
35. Four milkmen rented a pasture to graze 16
cows for 3 months, B 20 cows for 4 months,
30. In two alloys the ratio of Iron and copper is 4
C 18 cows for 6 months and D 42 cows for 2
: 3 and 6 : 1 respectively. If 14 kg of the first
months. If A's share of rent be Rs. 2400, the
alloy and 42 kg of the second alloy are mixed
rent paid by C is:
together to form a new alloy, then what will
(a) Rs. 3,200 (b) Rs. 4,200
be the ratio of copper to iron in the new
(c) Rs. 4,000 (d) Rs. 5,400
alloy:
(a) 11 : 3 (b) 11 : 8
36. The value of a coin varies directly to the
(c) 8 : 11 (d) None of these
square of its radius, when its thickness is
constant. The radius of a coin is 1.5 cm. and
31. In a zoo, there are rabbits and pigeons. If
its value is Rs. 2. What will be the radius of a
heads are counted, there are 340 heads and if
coin if its value is Rs. 5?
legs are counted there are 1060 legs. How
(a) 2 (b) 4
many pigeons are there?
(c) 2.4 (d) 3
(a) 120 (b) 150
(c) 180 (d) 170
37. A cat takes 7 steps for every 5 steps of a dog,
but 5 steps of a dog are equal to 6 steps of
32. The number of oranges in three baskets are in
cat. What is the ratio of speed of cat to that of
the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5. In which ratio the no. of
dog?
oranges in first two baskets must be increased
(a) 7 : 6 (b) 7 : 5
so that the new ratio becomes 5 : 4 : 3?
(c) 6 : 7 (d) 5 : 7
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 2 : 3
38. The Income of A, B & C are in the ratio 7 : 9
: 12 and their spending are in the ratio 8 : 9 :
15.
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If A saves 1/4th of his income then the saving 44. A student took five papers in an examination,
of A, B & C are in the ratio of? where the full marks were the same for each
(a) 56 : 99 : 69 (b) 69 : 56 : 99 paper. His marks in these papers were in the
(c) 99 : 56 : 69 (d) 99 : 69 : 56 proportion of 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. in all papers
together. The candidate obtained 60% of total
39. 16 years ago my grandfather's age was 9 marks. Then the number of papers in which
times of my age. After 8 years from now his he got more than 50% marks is:
age will be 3 times of my age. What was the (a) 2 (b) 3
ratio of my age and my grandfather's age 8 (c) 4 (d) 5
years ago respectively?
(a) 3 : 8 (b) 1 : 5 45. To get the ratio p : q (for p≠q). What must
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 11 : 53 add to each term of the ratio x : y?
(a) (px + qy) / (p – q) (b) (qx – pq) / (p – q)
40. If a, b, c are three positive integers such that (c) (px – qy) / (p – q) (d) (py - qx) / (p – q)
a & b are in the ratio 3 : 4 while b & c are in
the ratio 2 : 1, then which one of the 46. The monthly incomes of A & B are in the
following is a possible value of (a + b + c)? ratio 4 : 5. Their expenses are in the ratio 5 :
(a) 201 (b) 205 6. If 'A' saves Rs. 25 per month, and 'B' saves
(c) 207 (d) 210 Rs. 50 permonth, what are their respective
incomes.
41. Raju and Lalita had marbles in the ratio 4 : 9. (a) 400,500 (b) 240,300
Lalita gave some of her marbles to Raju as a (c) 440,550 (d) 320,440
result. The ratio of number of marbles with
Raju to that with Lalita became 5 : 6. What 47. The ratio of marks obtained by Vino d and
fraction of her original number of marbles Vasu is 6 : 5. If the combined Average of
was given by Lalita to Raju. their percentage is 68.75 and Their sum of
(a) 7/11 (b) 21/31 the marks is 275 Find the total marks for
(c) 7/33 (d) 1/3 which exam was conducted.
(a) 150 (b) 400
42. The salaries of Ramesh, Ganesh & Rajesh (c) 200 (d) None of these
were in the ratio 6 : 5 : 7 in 2010, and in the
ratio 3 : 4 : 3 in 2015. If Ramesh's salary 48. The ratio of A two-digit natural number to a
increased by 25% during 2010-15, then the number formed by reversing its digit is 4 : 7.
percentage increase in Rajesh's salary during Which of following is the sum of all the
this period is closed to. numbers of all such pairs?
(a) 10 (b) 7 (a) 99 (b) 198
(c) 9 (d) 8 (c) 330 (d) 132

43. If the ratio of sides of angels of a triangle is 1 49. The ratio of expenditure to savings of a
: 1 : 2 Then the ratio of square of the woman is 5:1. If her income and expenditure
greatest side to sum of the squares of other are increased by 10% and 20%, respectively,
two sides is: then find the percentage change in her
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 2 : 1 savings.
(c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 2 (a) 55% (b) 60%
(c) 50% (d) 40%
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30. (d)

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31. (b)

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32. (b)
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33. (d)

36. (c)

34. (d)

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37. (a) 39. (b)

40. (c)

38. (a)

41. (c)

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45. (b)

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46. (a) 49. (d)

47. (b)

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