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Practice Sheet 6: Ratio
1. Write the following as ratios in their simplest form:
a) 24:16
b) £3 to 60p
c) 80cm to 2.4m
d)
e)
1
3
3
5
to 9
to 4
f) If a school class has 18 girls and 15 boys, write the ratio of boys to girls.
g) A recipe needs 4kg of flour and 800g of butter, what is the ratio of flour to butter?
2. Split the following into the required ratio:
a) Split £120 in the ratio 2:1
b) Split £48 in the ratio 1:3
c) Split £660 in the ratio 3:2:1
d) Split £192 in the ratio 4:2:2
e) Split £315 in the ratio 5:4
f) Split £170 in the ratio 3:4:3
3. Find the original total amounts:
a) Money is split in the ratio 3:7. If the largest amount is £49 what was the total
amount?
b) Money is split in the ratio 8:5. If the largest amount is £64 what was the total
amount?
c) Money is split in the ratio 9:4. If the smallest amount is £40 what was the total
amount?
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