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Ratio and

Proportion
Some Examples:
1. If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 5:9 and C:D = 6:7 then find the value of A:B:C:D?

2. If Rs.4200/- is distributed among Amar and Madan in the ratio 9:5, how much
amount Madan will receive?
3. According to the decision of a court Rs.4500/- is distributed among A, B and C in the
ratio 4:3:2. Find differences in A and C’s amount?
Some Examples:
5. In a school ratio between the number of boys to girls is 3:2. If 500 boys are more
than girls, how many girls are there?
6. If an amount is distributed among P, Q and R in the ratio 2:5:7. If total amount of P
and R is Rs.800/- more then Q, find the amount received by P?
7. The ratio of boys and girls in a class is 2:3. If 20 boys and same numbers of girls take
the new admission then ratio becomes 4:5. Find the number of girls in the class?
Some Examples:
9. If x:y = 3:4, find the value of 7x + 3y : 7x – 3y.
10. If a:b = 5:7, c:d = 2a : 3b, then ac : bd ?
11. If 5783 is divided into A, B, C such that when 28, 37 & 18 are deducted from their
respective shares, then money left in ratio 4:6:9. What is share of A?
Some Examples:
13. The sum of two natural numbers. is 64. Which of the following cannot be the ratio of

these two numbers?


a) 3:5 b) 1:3 c) 7:9 d) 3:4
14. A cat takes 5 steps for every 7 steps of a dog, but 5 steps of a dog are equal to 6 steps
of a cat. What is the ratio of speed of cat to that of dog?
a) 24:25 b) 42:25 c) 24:19 d) 25:42
15. If Rs. 782 be divided into 3 parts, proportional to 1/2:2/3:3/4, then the first part is?
(a) Rs182 (b) Rs 190 (c) Rs 192 (d) Rs 204
Some Examples:
16. A camel pursues an elephant and takes 5 leaps for every 7 leaps of elephant, but 5
leaps of elephant are equal to 3 leaps of camel. What is the ratio of the speeds of
camel and elephant?
a) 5:4 b) 4:5 c) 25:21 d) 21:25
17. A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that the boy
gets Rs.3.60 and each girl Rs. 2.40 the number of girls is?
(a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 50
Some Examples:
18. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2:3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs.
4000, the new ratio becomes 40:57. What is Sumit's salary?
(a) 38000 (b) 46800 (c) 36700 (d) 50000
19. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5:7:8. There is
a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be
the ratio of increased seats ?
(a) 1:2:3 (b) 2:3:4 (c) 3:4:5 (d) 4:5:6
Some Examples:
20. The number of oranges in three baskets are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5. In which ratio no. of
oranges in first two baskets must be increased so that the new ratio becomes 5 : 4 : 3?
(a) 1:3 (b) 2:1 (c) 3:4 (d) 2:3
21. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C such that 3 times A’s share, 4
times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is ?
(a)84 (b) 140 (c) 196 (d) 240
Some Examples:
22. The salaries of A, B, and C are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. The salary of B and C together is
Rs. 6000. By what percent is the salary of C more than that of A?
(a) 100% (b) 200% (c) 300% (d) 500%
23. If the ratio of the ages of two friends A and B is in the ratio 3 : 5 and that of B and C is
3 : 5 and the sum of their ages is 147, then how old is B?
(a) 27 yrs (b) 75yrs (c) 45yrs (d) 49yrs
24. A quantity x varies inversely as the square of y. Given that x = 4, when y = 3, the value of
x when y = 6 is :
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Some Examples:
25. Rs. 11250 are divided among A, B and C so that A may receive one-half as much as B and
C together receive and B receives 1/4 of what A and C together receive. The share of A is
more than that of B by:
(a) Rs. 2500 (b) Rs. 1500 (c) Rs. 1800 (d) Rs. 650
26. The cost of a book and the cost of a pen are in the ratio 3: 2. If the cost of 10 books and
6 pens is Rs. 63, the cost of a book is
a) Rs. 5.50 b) Rs. 6.50 c) Rs. 3.50 d) Rs. 4.50
Some Examples:
27. Rs. 432 is divided amongst three workers A, B and C, such that 8 times A’s share is equal
to 12 times B’s share which is equal to 6 times C’s share. How much did A get?
a) Rs. 192 b) Rs. 133 c) Rs. 144 d) Rs. 128
28. If 6 x^2 +6y^2=13xy, what is the ratio of x to y?
(a)1:4 (b)3:2 (c)4:5 (d)1:2
29. If 3 nos. are in the ratio of 1:2:3 and half the sum is 18,then ratio of squares of numbers :
(a)6:12:13 (b)1:2:4 (c)36:144:324 (d) 3:5:7

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