Ratio notation
At a bake sale, Sarah buys 3 cakes, and Phil buys 5. Write as a ratio, the number of cakes each of them get.
3:5
Ian and Barbara have 100 token. They share them in the ratio 2:3. How many tokens does Ian get?
40
Steven buys 6 pencils for 90p, how much would 3 pencils cost?
45p
Which is better value for money? 3 doughnuts for 60p or 6 doughnuts for £1.
6 doughnuts for £1
Given £1 = 5 złoty convert £35 to Polish złoty
£175
Simplify the ratio 4:8
1:2
The ratio of adults to children at a cricket match is 7:3.
There 150 people at the match.
How many children attended the cricket match?
45
Dorothy and Polly are waiters in a restaurant.
They are both paid the same amount of money for each hour that they work.
Dorothy worked 6 hours and is paid £48
Polly worked 8 hours.
How much money is Polly paid?
£64
Which is better value for money, 200 minutes of calls for £7 or 350 minutes of calls for £12.50?
200 minutes for £7
Given £1 = 4.25 Turkish Lira, convert £9.60 to Turkish Lira
£40.80
Write the ratio 4:7 in the form 1:n
1:7/4 or 1:1.75
The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 1:1:4
Find the size of each angle
30 degrees, 30 degrees, and 120 degrees
Seven candles cost £45.29
How much would 25 candles cost?
£161.75
Baked beans are sold in different sizes:
415g tin for 75p.
3 x 200g pack for £1.69.
1kg fridge pack for £2.39.
Which is best value for money?
415g tin for 75p
Given £1 = 4.25 Turkish Lira, convert 76.50 Turkish Lira to Pounds
£18
The ratio of red balls to blue balls is 3:5. The ratio of blue balls to yellow balls is 10:7.
What is the ratio red balls:blue balls:yellow balls
6:10:14
Rachel has some apples and bananas.
The ratio of apples to bananas is 2 : 3
She has 14 apples.
Work out how many bananas Rachel has.
21
If 24 marbles have a mass of 60g, what would the mass of 60 marbles be?
150g
A cereal bar is sold in packs of 4, 6 or 8.
The 4 pack of cereal bars costs £1.80 and it is the least value for money.
The 8 pack of cereal bars cost £3.52 and it is the best value for money.
Work out the lowest price of the 6 pack of cereal bar
£2.63
In Lisbon, a watch costs €80.
In Liverpool, the same watch costs £65.
The exchange rate is £1 = €1.25
Work out the difference in cost.
£1 or €1.25
the ratio of adults to children at the zoo is 5:7. What fraction of people at the zoo are adults?
5/12
Susan and Vicki share some money in ratio 2 : 5
Vicki gets £24 more than Susan.
How much does each girl receive?
Susan: £16
Vicki: £40
On a map, 4cm represents 60 miles.
The distance between two towns is 37.5 miles.
On the map, what is the distance between the two towns?
562.5cm
Flower pots normally cost £4 each.
Two shops have special offers
Gardenbase: 20% off
Lawn Factory: buy 5 get 2 free
Mike wants to buy 30 flower pots, which shop should he buy them from?
Lawn Factory
Josephine goes on a trip to Germany. She starts her trip with £250. While on the trip she spends €273. Given that £1 = €1.25, how much money in pounds does she have left after the trip?
£31.60