RATIO & PROPORTION

1. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4: 8 and the

sum of these numbers is 975.

Find the three

numbers.

Rs.10, 000 less than the son find the total worth of
the property.
11. The ratio of the number of cats to the number of

2. If a: b = 3: 4 and b: c = 8: 9, find a: b: c.

monkeys on a tree is 4:7. If five more cats and ten

3. There are some fruits and nuts in the ratio 3: 14.

more monkeys climb on the tree, their new ratio is

If 5 fruits are eaten, then the ratio will become

5:9. How many cats and Monkeys were there on

1: 8. Find the number of nuts.

the tree initially?

4. The ratio between two numbers is 3: 5. If each

number is increased by 4, the ratio becomes 2: 3
find the numbers.

(a) 30

(b) 55

(c) 45

(d) 40

12. If eight mangoes and five apples cost as much as

six mangoes and ten apples then the cost of a

5. P, Q and R have 100, x and y colour pencils

respectively. If Q gives P 20 colour pencils, he is

mango to an apple is
(a) 5:2

(b) 14:15

(c) 3:8 (d) 2:3

left with half as many colour pencils as R. If they

13. If a carton containing dozen mirrors is dropped,

together had 60 more colour pencils, each of them

which of the following cannot be the ratio the

would have had 100 colour pencils on an average.

broken

Find x: y.

(a) 1:2

mirrors

to

the

(b) 3:1

unbroken
(c) 5:1

mirrors?

(d) 1 :4

6. The sum of squares of three numbers is 532 and

14. A bag contains Rs.216 in the form of one rupee,

the ratio of the first to the second as also of the

50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of 2:3:4.

second to the third is 3: 2. What is the second

The number of 50 paise coins is

number?

(a) 96

(b) 144

(c) 114

(d) 141

7. A diamond falls down and breaks into 3 pieces

15. When a bus started from the first stop, the

whose weights are in the ratio 1: 3: 6. If the value

number of male passengers to the number of

of the diamond is proportional to the square of its

female passengers was 3:1. At the first stop, 16

weight and the original value of the diamond was

passengers got down and 6 more

Rs.30, 000 then what is the loss in the value due to

passengers got in. The ratio of the male to the

breakage?

female passengers now became 2:1. What was the

8. Harini distributed 250 chocolates among four kids

such that the share of the third kid and four times
the share of the fourth kid are all equal. Find the
number of chocolates received by the first kid.
9. A person distributed his pens among four friends
1
1
1
1
in the ratio
:
:
:
.What is the
3
4
5
6
minimum number of pens that the person should
have?
10. A man divides his property so that his sons share
to his wifes and the wifes share to his daughter
are both in the ratio 3:1.

If the daughter gets

female

total number of passengers in the bus when it

started from the first stop?
(a) 64

(b) 48

(c) 54

(d) 72

16. Instead of walking along the two adjacent sides

of rectangular field, a boy took a short cut along
the diagonal and saved a distance equal to half the
longer side. Then the ratio of the shorter to the
longer side is
(a) 1:2

(b) 2:3

(c) 1:4

(d) 3:4

17. A sum of Rs.961 is divided between x, y and z so

that for every rupee that x has y has 20 paise and

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for every rupee that y has, z has 20 paise. What is
the share of y?
(a) Rs. 31

(b) Rs.155

(c) Rs.775

(d) Rs.310

18. An amount of money is to be distributed among

P, Q and R in the ratio 6:19:7 respectively. If R
gives Rs.200 of his share to Q, the ratio among P,
Q and R becomes 3:10:3, respectively. What was
the total amount?
(a) Rs.6,400

(b) Rs.12,800

(c) Rs.3,200

(d) None of these.

19. Two alloys contain zinc and copper in the ratio

of 2:1 and 4:1. In what ratio the two alloys should
be added together to get a new alloy having zinc
and copper in the ratio of 3:1?
(a) 7:5

(b) 5:7

(c) 3:5

(d) None of these

20. A dishonest milkman mixed 1 litre of water for

every 3 litres of milk and thus made up 36 litres of
milk.

If he now adds 15 litres of milk to the

mixture, the ratio of milk and water in the new

mixture is
(a) 12:5

(b) 14:3

(c) 7:2

(d) 9 : 4

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