All-in-one Exam Pack Chapter 2 Rate, Ratio and Variations
2A Rate and Ratio
Conventional Questions
Modified Exam Questions (HKCEE 2006 HKDSE 2018)
1. The figure shows the graph for David driving from town A to town E (via town B, town C and
town D) in the afternoon. The journey is divided into four parts: Part I (from A to B), Part II
(from B to C), Part III (from C to D) and Part IV (from D to E).
(a) For which part of the journey is the average speed the highest? Explain your answer.
(b) If the average speed for Part III is 80 km/h, when is David at D?
(c) Find the average speed for David driving from A to E in m/s.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Sample Paper Paper 1 Q12
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2. The figure shows the graphs for Ken and Jenny running on the same straight road between
town A and town B during the period 21:00 to 22:30. Ken runs at a constant speed. It is given
that town A and town B are 10 km apart.
(a) How long does Jenny rest during the period?
(b) How far from town B do Ken and Jenny meet during the period?
(c) Use average speed during the period to determine who runs faster. Explain your answer.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Practice Paper Paper 1 Q12
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3. City A and city B are 150 km apart. The figure shows the graphs for bus X and bus Y travelling
on the same straight road between city A and city B during the period 10:30 to 13:30. Bus X
travels at a constant speed during the period. Bus Y comes to rest at 11:00 in the morning.
10:30
(a) Find the distance of bus X from city A at 11:00 in the morning.
(b) At what time after 10:30 do bus X and bus Y first meet?
(c) The driver of bus X claims that the average speed of bus X is higher than that of bus Y
during the period 11:00 to 13:30. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2014 Paper 1 Q10
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4. A bus travels from town A to town B at an average speed of 40 km/h and then the bus travels
from town B to town C at an average speed of 1 km per minute. It is given that the bus travels
54 km in one hour for the whole journey. How long does the bus take to travel from town B to
town C?
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2018 Paper 1 Q09
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Extra EYA or Section B Questions
5. Alan ran 10 km in 50 minutes while Ben ran 22 km in 2 hour. Ben claims that he ran faster
than Alan. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
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6. The scale of a map is 1 : 500 000. The distance between town A and town B on the map is
6.4 cm. Someone claims that the actual distance between the two towns is greater than 30 km.
Is the claim correct? Explain your answer.
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7. The following table shows the costs of 5 types of drinks.
Orange Grapefruit Grape Carbonated
Drink Lemonade
juice juice juice water
Cost ($/L) 15 28 20 17 12
Amy mixes the 5 types of drinks with 1L each to make a new drink.
(a) Find the cost of the new drink per 250 mL.
(b) The cost per litre of orange juice is decreased by $13 and that of carbonated water is
increased by $3. If the volumes of the 5 types of drinks to be mixed remain unchanged,
write down the change in the cost of the new drink per 250 mL.
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8. Town X and town Y are 20 km apart. The figure shows the graphs for Andy and Betty running
on the same straight road between the two towns during the period 13:30 to 16:30. Andy runs
at a constant speed during the period 14:00 to 16:30.
Y 20
Andy
Distance from town X (km)
Betty
X 0
13:30 14:00 14:30 16:30
Time
(a) Find the distance of Andy from town X at 14:30.
(b) At what time after 14:00 do Andy and Betty meet?
(c) Andy claims that his average speed is higher than that of Betty during the period 14:30 to
16:30. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
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MC Questions
Modified Exam Questions (HKCEE 2006 HKDSE 2018)
9. Let a, b and c be non-zero numbers. If a : b = 2 : 5 and b : c = 4 : 3, then (a + c) : (b + c) =
A. 4 : 5.
B. 5 : 4.
C. 23 : 35.
D. 35 : 23.
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2006 Paper 2 Q13
10. The scale of a map is 1 : 4500. If the area of a land on the map is 20 cm2, then the actual area
of the land is
A. 900 m2.
B. 40 500 m2.
C. 90 000 m2.
D. 4 050 000 m2.
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2006 Paper 2 Q15
11. Let x and y be non-zero numbers. If 7x + 4y = 5x + 9y, then x : y =
A. 1 : 2.
B. 2 : 5.
C. 2 : 1.
D. 5 : 2.
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2007 Paper 2 Q13
12. The costs of tea of brand X and tea of brand Y are $20/kg and $12/kg respectively. If a kg of
tea of brand X and b kg of tea of brand Y are mixed so that the cost of the mixture is $18/kg,
find a : b.
A. 1 : 3
B. 3 : 1
C. 3 : 5
D. 5 : 3
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2008 Paper 2 Q13
13. The scale of a map is 1 : 3000. If the area of a park on the map is 9 cm2, then the actual area of
the park is
A. 81 m2.
B. 270 m2.
C. 8100 m2.
D. 27 000 m2.
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2009 Paper 2 Q13
14. If rice of brand X costs $70/kg and rice of brand Y costs $50/kg, then a mixture of 3 kg of rice
of brand X and 7 kg of rice of brand Y costs
A. $52/kg.
B. $56/kg.
C. $60/kg.
D. $65/kg.
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2010 Paper 2 Q15
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15. Let h and k be non-zero numbers. If 2 , then h : k =
h 4k
A. 1 : 9.
B. 2 : 3.
C. 9 : 1.
D. 3 : 2.
Public Exam Reference: HKCEE 2011 Paper 2 Q12
16. If a, b and c are non-zero numbers such that 4a = 7b and 3a = 2c, then (2a – c) : (a + b) =
A. 2 : 3.
B. 4 : 7.
C. 7 : 11.
D. 7 : 22.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Sample Paper Paper 2 Q13
17. Let a and b be non-zero constants. If (3a + b) : (5a b) = 3 : 2, then a : b =
A. 2 : 3.
B. 5 : 9.
C. 3 : 2.
D. 9 : 5.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Practice Paper Paper 2 Q12
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18. If a and b are non-zero numbers such that 6 , then a : b =
2b a
A. 4 : 9.
B. 4 : 13.
C. 9 : 4.
D. 13 : 4.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2012 Paper 2 Q09
19. Ben cycles for 5 hours. His average cycling speeds for the first 2 hours and the last 3 hours are
6 m/s and 5 m/s respectively. Find his average cycling speed for 5 hours.
A. 4.8 m/s
B. 5.4 m/s
C. 5.5 m/s
D. 5.6 m/s
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2012 Paper 2 Q11
20. The actual area of a garden is 1800 m2. If the area of the garden on a map is 72 cm2, then the
scale of the map is
A. 1 : 25.
B. 1 : 50.
C. 1 : 500.
D. 1 : 250 000.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2013 Paper 2 Q12
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21. It is given that , where x, y and z are positive numbers. Which of the following
7 x 8 y 11z
is true?
A. x y z
B. x z y
C. y z x
D. z x y
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2014 Paper 2 Q12
22. Let a, b and c be non-zero numbers. If a : b = 2 : 3 and a : c = 3 : 4, then a : (b + c) =
A. 2 : 7.
B. 6: 17.
C. 5 : 14.
D. 3 : 7.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2015 Paper 2 Q11
23. If x and y are non-zero numbers such that (x + 3y) : (7y – 2x) = 8 : 5, then x : y =
A. 11: 18.
B. 17 : 14.
C. 31 : 51.
D. 41 : 21.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2016 Paper 2 Q11
24. The cost of baking soda of brand P is $52/g. If 400 g of baking soda of brand P and 100 g of
baking soda of brand Q are mixed so that the cost of the mixture is $48/g, find the cost of
baking soda of brand Q.
A. $30/g
B. $32/g
C. $47/g
D. $50/g
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2016 Paper 2 Q13
25. The scale of a map is 1 : 25 000. If the actual area of a playground is 3.8 105 m2, then the area
of the playground on the map is
A. 0.164 cm2.
B. 6.08 cm2.
C. 15.2 cm2.
D. 231 cm2.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2017 Paper 2 Q11
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26. Let x, y and z be non-zero numbers. If 5x 2y and x: z 3: 4, then
yx
2
A. .
3
14
B. .
9
7
C. .
6
7
D. .
3
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2018 Paper 2 Q10
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