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100

8:24

1:3

100

1:6 = 6:____

36

100

Lindsay spent $25 and had $10 left. Find the ratio of the amount of money she spent to the total amount of money she had at first.

5:7

100

The total time that Ken and Bob worked in a week was 63 hours. Ken worked 36 hours. What is the ratio of Ken's working hours to Bob's working hours?

4:3

200

36:9

4:1

200

4:7 = ___ :21

12

200

Stella mixed 20 mL of cranberry juice with 30 mL of blackcurrant juice. She then added another 15 mL of cranberry juice. Find the ratio of the amount of cranberry juice to the amount of blackcurrant juice in the end.

7:6

200

At an office supply store, Rachel bought 5 erasers, 15 pens and 40 pencils. What is the ratio of the number of erasers to the number of pens to the number of pencils she bought?

1:3:8

300

6:20

3:10

300

25:15 = ___:3

5

300

Mr. Wong cuts a coil of wire into two pieces in the ratio 3:4. The length of the longer piece of wire is 32 cm. What is the total length of the coil of wire?

56 cm

300

Apple, carrot and celery juices are mixed in the ratio 3:1:2. The amount of apple juice is 720 mL. How much celery juice was used?

480 mL

400

14:49

2:7

400

___:9 = 48:72

6

400

The amount of savings that Anna, Beth and Cynthia each has is in the ratio 2:3:15. Cynthia has $1575 in savings. What is the total amount that all three have in savings?

$2100

400

Jenny prepares a ceramic glaze mixture of feldspar, red iron oxide and silica in the ratio 5:2:3. The mass of the mixture is 1200 grams. Find the mass of the silica in the mixture.

360 grams

500

A factory makes small, medium and large boxes in the ratio 5 : 3 : 2. One day it makes 480 boxes in total. How many does Medium get?

144

500

Share $504 between three people in the ratio 3 : 2 : 7. How many got first person

126

500

Mrs. Johnson gave a sum of money to her son and daughter in the ratio 5:6. Her daughter received $2400. How much did Mrs. Johnson give away in all?

$4400

500

A sum of money was shared equally among Aaron, Ben and Charles in the ratio 2:5:7. If Charles's share was $1180 more than Aaron's share, what was the original sum of money shared?

$3304

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