Ratio and Proportion
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Introduction to ratio notation
SubtopicIntroduction to ratio notation under Ratio and Proportion for Grade 5 IGCSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
In a dining room, there are chairs and table. What is the ratio of chairs to tables?
A.B.C.D. - 2.
In a suitcase, there are shirts and pairs of pants. What is the ratio of pants to shirts?
A.B.C.D. - 3.
A locker room has hats and pairs of gloves. What is the ratio of hats to gloves?
A.B.C.D. - 4.
At the pool, there are swimmers and divers. What is the ratio of swimmers to divers?
A.B.C.D. - 5.
A baker uses 2 eggs for every 250 grams of flour. What is the ratio of eggs to grams of flour in simplest form?
A.B.C.D. - 6.
Simplify the ratio .
A.B.C.D. - 7.
In the word , what is the ratio of vowels to the total number of letters?
A.B.C.D. - 8.
The ratio of the height of a building to the length of its shadow is . If the shadow is meters long, how tall is the building?
A.m
B.m
C.m
D.m
- 9.
A liter bottle of soda is shared between five people in the ratio . How many milliliters does the person with the largest share receive?
A.ml
B.ml
C.ml
D.ml
- 10.
On a Saturday, the ratio of the number of visitors to a museum in the morning to those in the afternoon was . If more people visited in the afternoon, how many people visited in the morning?
A.B.C.D.
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Solving problems involving direct proportion
SubtopicSolving problems involving direct proportion under Ratio and Proportion for Grade 5 IGCSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
If identical T-shirts cost , how much would of those T-shirts cost?
A.B.C.D. - 2.
On a map, represents in real life. If two cities are apart on the map, how many kilometers are they actually apart?
A.B.C.D. - 3.
One shirt requires buttons. How many buttons are needed for shirts?
A.buttons
B.buttons
C.buttons
D.buttons
- 4.
One packet of seeds can plant rows of flowers. How many rows can be planted with packets?
A.rows
B.rows
C.rows
D.rows
- 5.
A factory machine produces 15 toy cars in 4 hours. How many toy cars can the machine produce in 12 hours at the same rate?
A.30
B.35
C.40
D.45
- 6.
If 5 packs of stickers contain a total of 60 stickers, how many stickers are in 12 packs of the same size?
A.144
B.120
C.150
D.164
- 7.
A garden hose delivers 12 liters of water in 40 seconds. How many liters of water will it deliver in 100 seconds?
A.24
B.28
C.30
D.36
- 8.
To make a specific shade of orange, a painter mixes 3 parts of red paint with 5 parts of yellow paint. If the painter uses 1.2 liters of red paint, what is the total volume of orange paint produced?
A.B.C.D. - 9.
A heavy-duty steel cable weighs for every 4 meters of length. What is the weight of 14 meters of this cable?
A.B.C.D. - 10.
On a map, a distance of represents . What distance on the map would represent a real-world distance of ?
A.B.C.D.
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Scaling shapes up and down
SubtopicScaling shapes up and down under Ratio and Proportion for Grade 5 IGCSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
A side of is scaled down to a length of . What scale factor was used?
A.B.C.D. - 2.
A triangle has a side of . If it is scaled up by a factor of , what is the length of the new side?
A.B.C.D. - 3.
A rectangle width is . If it is scaled down by a factor of , what is the new width?
A.B.C.D. - 4.
A pentagon has a side length of . If it is scaled up by a factor of , what is the new side length?
A.B.C.D. - 5.
A triangle has side lengths of , , and . If it is scaled down by a factor of , what is the perimeter of the new triangle?
A.B.C.D. - 6.
A square has a side length of . If it is scaled up by a factor of , what is the perimeter of the new square?
A.B.C.D. - 7.
If an original length of is multiplied by a scale factor of , what is the new length?
A.B.C.D. - 8.
The side of a cube is . If the side length is scaled up by a factor of , what is the perimeter of one face of the new cube?
A.B.C.D. - 9.
A shape is scaled up by a factor of . The original area was . What is the area of the scaled shape?
A.B.C.D. - 10.
A regular nonagon (9 sides) has a perimeter of . It is scaled down by a factor of . What is the length of one side of the new nonagon?
A.B.C.D.
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