Ratio and Proportion – Silver Homework Sheet
A Jug of water contains 2.25 litres of water.
Simplify the following ratios:
2.25 litres
a) 10 : 5
b) 6 : 3
Calculate how many litres of water there will be if there
is a total of
c) 3 : 12
a) 3 jugs
d) 4 : 20
b) 5 jugs
e) 6 : 10
c) 10 jugs
d) 8.5 jugs
If 7 bags of sugar cost £7.35 how much do the following
amounts of sugar cost
a) 1 bag of sugar
A man is having his driveway paved. A builder says that it
will take 3 men 8 hours to pave. I have 4 friends who will
help me pave the driveway myself. But it needs to be
completed within 10 hours.
b) 3 bags of sugar
a) Can my friends and I pave the driveway within
the allowed time?
c) 5 bags of sugar
Self-assessment:
 I can Simplify Ratios [Level 4]
 I can use proportion to solve problems [Level 5]
 I can use Unitary Method to solve problems
[Level 6]
b) If the builder quotes £220 for the whole job is it
cheaper of more expensive for the man to pay
his friends £5.00 an hour each plus £50 on
materials.
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