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#6 GMAT Ratios Practice

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1. Which of the following equals the ratio of 3
1 to 1 ?
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3 3
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 2 : 5 C) 5 : 2 (D) 3 : 1 (E) 40 : 9
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2. If x is equal to 20% of y, what is the ratio of y to x?
(A) 1/5 (B) 1/4 (C) 4/1 (D) 5/1 (E) 20/1

3. The ratio of x to y is 5 to 2. If x is 15 greater than y, what is the value of x?


(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 75

4. In a certain wildlife preserve, the ratio of monkeys to armadillos is 3 to 4, and the ratio of armadillos to
hedgehogs is 5 to 2. If there are 35 more monkeys than hedgehogs, how many armadillos are in the preserve?
(A) 40 (B) 75 (C) 100 (D) 105 (E) 140
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5. If 2x = 5y and xy ≠ 0, what is the ratio of 3x to 4y?

(A) 3 (B) 8 (C) 1 (D) 10 (E) 15


10 15 4 3 8
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6. In a certain calculus class, the ratio of the number of mathematics majors to the number of students who
are not mathematics majors is 2 to 5. If 2 more mathematics majors were to enter the class, the ratio would be
1 to 2. How many students are in the class?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 21 (D) 28 (E) 35
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7. What is the ratio of x to y?
1) the ratio of .5x to 2.5y is 4 to 3
2) the ratio of 3y to 2x is 9 to 40

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8. If 5x = 6y and xy ≠ 0, what is the ratio of
1 to 1 ?
x y
5 6

(A)
25 (B) 36 (C) 6 (D)
5 (E)
25
6 25 5 6 36
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9. Your momma buys x packages of cereal, each of which contains 7 miniature boxes of Colon Blow, 5 mini-
boxes of Sugar Crunch, and 3 mini-boxes of Quarry. Your (bleeping) brother comes along, and steals 12 boxes
of Sugar Crunch. If the ratio of Colon Blow to Sugar Crunch is now 2:1, what is the value of x?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 12
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10. A certain recipe consists solely of flour, lard, and cream cheese. The ratio of flour to cream cheese is 3:7.
The ratio of cream cheese to lard is also 3:7. Approximately how many pounds of flour are needed to make
400 lbs. of the recipe?
(A) 20 (B) 45 (C) 75 (D) 100 (E) 135
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11. What is the ratio of y to z?
1) xy = 6 and xz = 18
2) x = 3
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12. A basket contains brown eggs and white eggs in the ratio of 1:3. Which of the following could be the total
number of eggs in the basket?
I. 15
II. 24
III. 52
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
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13. On a certain farm, the ratio of pigs to ostriches is 7 to 5. Are there more than 14 llamas on the farm?
1) The ratio of ostriches to llamas is 4 to 3.
2) There are five more ostriches than llamas, and there are 8 more pigs than ostriches.
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14. The ratio of gremlins to mogwai is 4:3. The gremlins put 7 mogwai in the microwave, which kills the
mogwai. If the new ratio of gremlins to mogwai is 9:5, how many mogwai were there originally?
(A) 20 (B) 27 (C) 36 (D) 40 (E) 54
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15. In a certain chain restaurant, the ratio of managers to tortured waiters must be at least 3:40. If a restaurant
has 5 managers, what’s the maximum number of tortured waiters that it could employ?
(A) 64 (B) 65 (C) 66 (D) 67 (E) 68
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16. A certain salad consists of jello, mayonnaise, and peaches in the ratio of 3:5:8. If jello is sold only in one-
gallon jugs, how many one-gallon jugs of jello must be purchased in order to make 50 gallons of the salad?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14 (E) 25
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17. If 2x is equal to m% of y, what is the ratio of x to y, in terms of m?

(A)
m (B)
2 (C)
50 (D) m (E) m
2 m m 50 200
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18. Three hungry toddlers weigh 45 lbs, 35 lbs, and 25 lbs, respectively. They go to a buffet and eat in direct
proportion to their weights. If the three ate a combined total of 18.9 lbs of food, how many lbs of food did the
smallest toddler eat?
(A) 2.7 (B) 4.5 (C) 5.0 (D) 6.3 (E) 7.0
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19. When the 25-lb toddler goes to the buffet, she eats only bananas, green chiles, and lemons.1 In her meal
last week, the ratio of bananas to green chiles to lemons was 2:5:10. When she returns to the buffet this week,
she’ll double the ratio of bananas to lemons and halve the ratio of bananas to green chiles. What will be the
ratio of green chiles to lemons in her meal this week?
(A) 1:5 (B) 1:2 (C) 5:1 (D) 5:2 (E) 2:1

answers:
CDCCE DDBDB ADDBC BEBE

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Based on true events.

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