Trivia
Simplifying Rates
Dividing Quantities into a Ratio
Ratio Problems
Rate Problems
100

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? 

SpongeBob SquarePants!

100

Write as a simplified rate. 

100 kilometres in 2 hours 

50 km/h

100

Find the total number of parts if a ratio is 2 : 7

9 parts

100

A tiler uses 4 blue tiles to every 5 orange ones. How many blue tiles are used if she uses 50 orange tiles?

40 blue tiles

100

A car is travelling at a speed of 50km/h. How far will it travel in 2 hours? 

100km

200

Who invented the Marauders Map?

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs.

(Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, James Potter)

200

Write as a simplified rate.

30 students for 5 teachers 

6 students/teacher

200

Divide $5 in the ratio 2 : 3

$2 and $3

200

In a Maths class the ratio of boys to girls is 4 : 7. If there are 12 boys, how many girls are there?

21 girls

200

If 3 books cost $6, how much will 10 books cost?

$20

300

Who is Barbie's soulmate? 

Ken

300

Write as a simplified rate. 

A car travels 200 metres over 4 seconds 

50 m/s 

300

Divide $45 in the ratio 4 : 5

$20 and $25

300

Two lengths of timber are in the ratio 3 : 8. The longer length is 56 cm. How long is the shorter length?

21cm

300

If 8Kg of chicken costs $72, how much will 3kg cost? 

$27

400

What's the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?

Nakatomi Plaza

400

Write as a simplified rate. 

$64 for 16 kilograms 

$4/Kg 

400

Divide 56 L in the ratio 3 : 5

21L and 35L

400

In a short crust pastry recipe, flour and butter are needed in the ratio 3 : 2. If 600 g flour is needed, how much butter is needed?

400g

400

Draw a travel graph for the following journey. 

In a 2 hour journey, a cyclist travelled 25km in 1 hour, stopped for 30 minutes then returned home. 

To be checked by teacher

500

Which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress? 

Mary Poppins

500

Write as a simplified rate. 

Jane is paid $175 for 5 hours work.

$35/h

500

Divide 720 cm in the ratio 4 : 3 : 5

240 cm, 180 cm, 300 cm

500

In a triangle, the lengths of the sides are 3 : 4 : 5. If the longest side is 25 cm, what is the perimeter of the triangle?

15+20+25=60 cm

500

What is the cost of paving a veranda that is 3 m long and 4 m wide, if the paving costs $8 per square metre?

$96