Ratio

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Ratio is a comparison of two numbers or quantities. Ratio questions could come in
various forms. But, there is only one working method. Some might seem very
complicated. Drawing models and tables would help you to solve the problem.

Example Question 1:

The price of 7 bags is £56, find the price of 6.

£56

£?
Working:

1) Find the price of one bag (unit price):

Price of 1 bag = £56 ÷ 7

=£8

2) Multiply the unit price by 6 bags:

Price of 6 bags = £8 ×6
= £ 48

Example Question 2:

Divide £700 in the ratio 4:3

First is to draw a model (block diagrams) using the information given in the
question:
4 units

£? units
£ 700 (Total Amount)
3 units

£? units

The diagram shows clearly that total units: 4 + 3 = 7

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Working:

1) Find the value of one unit:

Value of 1 unit = £700 ÷ 7

= £100

2) Find the value for 3 and 4 units respectively:

Value for 3 units = £100 x 3

= £300

Value for 4 units = £100 x 4

= £400

Therefore, divide £700 in the ratio 4:3 is 400: 300.

Do you notice the similarity between the first and second working?

1. Do Division to find the value for one

2. Do Multiply

Example Question 3:

The following recipe is for chocolate cheesecake and serves 4 people.

4 Fresh Eggs
2 000g of sugar
1000 g of flour
800g of cheeses
12 packs of dark chocolate

How much ingredients would be enough for 10 people?

Working:

Ingredients Quantity for 4 Quantity for 1 Quantity for 10

Fresh Eggs 4 4 ÷4 = 1 1 x 10 = 10
Sugar (g) 2000 2000÷4 = 500 500 x 10 = 5000
Flour (g) 1000 1000÷4 =250 250 x 10 = 2500
Cheese (g) 800 800÷4 = 20 20 x 10 = 200
Dark Chocolate 12 12÷4 = 3 3 x 10 = 30

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Revision Exercise

Q1.If 7 pints of milk cost £2.66, how many will 5 pints cost?

Q2.Twelve books cost £90. Find the cost of 15 books.

Q3.The speed of two cars is in the ratio 9:4. The speed of the first car is 45km/h.
What is the speed of the second car?

Q4.The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:4. There are 16 girls in the class. How
many boys are there?

Q5.A garden centre sells tables and chairs in the ratio of 1:5. In one week it sells
35 chairs. How many tables would they expect to have sold?

Q6.In a day a café sold cheese and ham sandwiches in the ratio 4:5. It has sold 30
ham sandwiches. How many cheese sandwiches has it sold?

Q7.The total number of guests staying at two hotels was in the ratio 2:7. There
were 54 guests staying at the smaller hotel. How many guests were staying
at the larger hotel?

Q8.Sapna and Robbie have some biscuits. Altogether they have 14 biscuits. Sapna
has two more biscuits than Robbie. How many biscuits do Sapna and
Robbie each have?

Q9.Jane makes a fruit salad using bananas, oranges and apples. For every one
banana, she uses 2 oranges and 3 apples. Jane uses 24 fruits. How many
oranges does she use?

Q10. David and his friends prepare a picnic. Each person at the picnic will get:

3 sandwiches
2 bananas
1 packet of crisps
The children pack 45 sandwiches
How many bananas do they pack?

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