Ratio as Fraction

Sweets in a bag are red and black in the ratio 3:5. What fraction are red?

• 5/8

• 3/5

• 5/3

• 3/8

Chocolates in a box are milk and white in the ratio 2:7. What fraction are white?

• 2/9

• 7/9

• 2/7

• 7/2

In a class there are boys and girls in the ratio 5:6. What fraction are boys?

• 5/11

• 6/5

• 5/6

• 6/11

Which statement is true about the table ?

• The ratio of flutes to saxophones is 13 to 27 

• The ratio of trumpets to all instruments is 9:59

• The number of trumpets to flutes is 27:9

• The number of Drums to total instruments is 10/49

Write how to find the proportion of

2:8 :: 25:625

(Do not give space first right the means than the extremes.)

Mathematical Equivalence

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In a vets waiting room there are dogs and cats in the ratio 8:3. What fraction are cats?

• 8/3

• 3/11

• 3/8

• 8/11

At a theme park there are boys, girls and adults in the ratio 7:5:3. What fraction are adults?

• 3/15

• 7/15

• 5/15

• 3/7

On a school trip there are boys, girls and adults in the ratio 3:4:1. What fraction are children?

• 3/8

• 7/8

• 4/8

• 1/8

In group of friends there are rugby players, football players and golf players in the ratio 7:9:4. What fraction are rugby players?

• 9/20

• 4/20

• 7/20

• 7/9

In a teachers drawer there are pens, pencils and rulers in the ratio 6:7:5. What fraction of the equipment is NOT pens?

• 6/18

• 5/18

• 12/18

• 7/18