Test Name: Question Bank (AO2)

Question Type: Multiple Choice

4. There were 32 fruits in a basket. 7 were
1. There were 80 children in a childcare centre.
cherries, 11 were strawberries and the rest
24 of the children were girls. Express the ratio
were kiwis. Express the ratio of the number of
of the number of boys to the total number of
cherries to the number of kiwis in its simplest
children in its simplest form.
form.
(1) 3 : 10
(1) 1 : 2
(2) 7 : 10
(2) 7 : 14
(3) 10 : 3
(3) 7 : 32
(4) 10 : 7
(4) 11 : 14

2. The ratio of the mass of Box A to the mass of 5. Samuel, Ming Hui and Devi shared $288 in
Box B to the mass of Box C is 4 : 1 : 3. The the ratio 1 : 6 : 2. How much more money was
total mass of the three boxes is 144 kg. What Ming Hui’s share than Samuel’s share?
is the total mass of Box B and Box C? (1) $60
(1) 9 kg (2) $100
(2) 27 kg (3) $120
(3) 45 kg (4) $160
(4) 72 kg

3. The ratio of the perimeter of Square A to the 6. Box A and Box B contain 75 tennis balls
perimeter of Square B is 3 : 7. The length of altogether. The ratio of the number of tennis
one side of Square A is 6 cm. What is the balls in Box A to that in Box B is 7 : 8. How
perimeter of Square B? many tennis balls are there in Box A?
(1) 14 cm
(1) 30
(2) 24 cma
(2) 35
(3) 56 cm
(3) 40
(4) 80 cm
(4) 45
7. There are 16 red pens and 22 blue pens in a 10. Amri is 16 years old. Zahid is 14 years old.
bag. Express the ratio of the number of red Find the ratio of Zahid’s age to Amri’s age in 5
pens to the total number of pens in the bag in years’ time.
its simplest form.
(1) 7 : 8
(1) 8 : 19 (2) 8 : 7
(2) 19 : 8 (3) 19 : 21
(3) 11 : 19 (4) 21 : 19
(4) 22 : 38

11. Pillay cut a piece of ribbon into two pieces.

8. Mrs Kapoor baked some desserts for a The ratio of the length of the shorter piece to
birthday party. The ratio of the number of the length of the longer piece was 1 : 3. The
cookies to the number of eclairs to the number longer piece was 21 cm. Find the length of
of brownies was 4 : 5 : 7. There were 128 the uncut piece of ribbon.
cookies, brownies and eclairs altogether. How (1) 7 cm
many brownies did (2) 21 cm
Mrs Kapoor bake? (3) 28 cm
(4) 84 cm
(1) 28
(2) 35
(3) 42
(4) 56

9. The ratio of the number of boys to the 12. Mrs Patel had 105 bowls and plates. The ratio
number of girls in a class is 1 : 6. What is the of the number of bowls to the number of plates
ratio of the number of girls to the total was 4 : 3. How many bowls did Mrs Patel
number of pupils in the class? have?
(1) 42
(1) 1 : 7
(2) 45
(2) 3 : 7
(3) 56
(3) 6 : 1
(4) 60
(4) 6 : 7
13. Cindy, Amirah and Hui Shan shared some 16. The masses of three cartons are in the ratio 5 :
hairclips in the ratio 7 : 2 : 3. Hui Shan had 4 : 3. The mass of the heaviest carton is 35 kg.
48 hairclips. How many hairclips did Cindy What is the total mass of the three cartons?
and Amirah have altogether?
(1) 56 kg
(1) 16
(2) 64 kg
(2) 32
(3) 72 kg
(3) 144
(4) 84 kg
(4) 192

17. The ratio of two numbers is 7 : 9. The greater

14. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 7. The smaller
number is 72. What is the smaller number?
number is 18. What is the greater number?
(1) 42
(1) 36
(2) 45
(2) 42
(3) 48
(3) 48
(4) 56
(4) 56

18. Alicia, Badrul and Cai Yun had a total sum of

15. The ratio of the number of pencils to the
$250. Alicia and Badrul had $200 altogether.
number of pens in a box is 7 : 6. There are 49
What was the ratio of Cai Yun’s money to the
pencils. How many pens are there in the box?
total sum of money? Express the ratio in its
(1) 36
simplest form.
(2) 42
(1) 1 : 4
(3) 49
(2) 1 : 5
(4) 91
(3) 4 : 1
(4) 4 : 5
19. Mei Ling is 21 years old. She is 7 years older 22. Mdm Kamilah has some flowers. The ratio of
than Mei Qi. Find the ratio of Mei Ling’s age the number of roses to the number of orchids
to the total age of both girls. Express the ratio to the number of carnations that she has is
in its simplest form. 5 : 3 : 4.
(1) 2 : 5 What is the ratio of the number of roses and
(2) 3 : 5 carnations to the total number of flowers?
(3) 3 : 7 Express the ratio in its simplest form.
(4) 4 : 7
(1) 4 : 3
(2) 3 : 4
(3) 12 : 9
(4) 8 : 12

20. The ratio of the area of a small carpet to the area of

a large carpet is 1 : 4. The total area is 125 m2. Find the
area of the small carpet.
(1) 5 m2
(2) 25 m2
(3) 100 m2 23. The ratio of the length of a rectangle to its
(4) 150 m2 breadth is
5 : 4. What is the ratio of the length of the
rectangle to its perimeter?

(1) 4 : 9
(2) 5 : 9
(3) 5 : 18
(4) 8 : 11
21. At a zoo, the ratio of the number of reptiles to
the number of mammals to the number of birds
is 3 : 5 : 6. There are 45 more birds than Question Type: Short Answer
reptiles. How many mammals and birds are
24. The ratio of the number of green cups to the
there at the zoo?
number of yellow cups to the number of pink
(1) 150
cups in a cafeteria was 4 : 15 : 5. What was the
(2) 160
ratio of the number of yellow cups to the total
(3) 165
number of cups in the cafeteria? Express your
(4) 175
answer in its simplest form.
25. Mrs Yee gave $42 to her daughters, Jiayi and 28. The capacity of Container A is 9 l. The
Meifen. Jiayi received $18. Meifen received capacity of Container B is 4 l greater than the
the rest. Find the ratio of the amount of money capacity of Container A. Find the ratio of the
Jiayi received to the amount of money Meifen capacity of Container B to the capacity of
received. Express the ratio in its simplest form. Container A.

26. Vani, Wan Ping and Zack collected a total of

Question Type: Long Answer
121 newspapers for recycling. Vani and Wan
Ping collected 88 newspapers altogether. Find 29. The length of Cube B is 5 times the length of
the ratio of the number of newspapers Zack Cube A.
collected to the total number of newspapers Find the ratio of the volume of Cube B to the
the three boys collected. Express the ratio in volume of Cube A.
its simplest form.

27. A pizza restaurant has take-away orders for 24

pepperoni pizzas. 11 of these have stuffed
crusts. The rest have regular crusts. What is
the ratio of the number of regular crust pizzas 30. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are in
to the number of stuffed crust pizzas? the ratio
4 : 3 : 2. The perimeter of the triangle is 45
cm. Find the length of the longest side.
31. There are 560 pupils enrolled in a school. The 34. Azmi played a balloon game at a carnival. He
ratio of the number of boys to the number of shot a total of 30 balloons. The number of
girls in the school is 2 : 3. How many boys red, green and blue balloons he shot was in
were there in the school? the ratio 3 : 5 : 2. How many green balloons
did Azmi shoot?

32. Tom mixed 250 ml of water with 150 ml of 35. Banu had 30 cupcakes. She gave the cupcakes
dishwashing liquid. He then added another to her friends, Mei Li, Alison and Sharifah, in
100 ml of dishwashing liquid and another 150 the ratio
ml of water to the mixture. Find the ratio of 2 : 3 : 1. How many more cupcakes did
the amount of dishwashing liquid to the Alison receive than Sharifah?
amount of water in the end. Express the ratio
in its simplest form.

36. The ratio of the length of a string to the length

33. Mark, Henry and Spencer shared a sum of of a ribbon is 3 : 8. A rope is 15 cm longer
money in the ratio 3 : 5 : 8. Spencer received than the ribbon. The string is 9 cm long.
$12 more than Henry. a) Find the length of the rope.
a) How much money did the three boys b) A 7 cm piece is cut from the rope.
share? What is the ratio of the length of the
b) How much more did Henry receive than remaining piece of rope to the length
Mark? of the ribbon? Express the ratio in its
simplest form.
37. There are a total of 144 chocolates packed in 40. The ratio of the number of boys to the number
Box A, Box B and Box C in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. of girls in a school’s music room was 5 : 3.
How many chocolates are there in Box C? There were 18 more boys than girls. How
many children altogether were there in the
music room?

38. The ratio of the number of adults to the

41. Khalid and Jordan have 540 football player
number of boys to the number of girls in a
cards altogether. The ratio of the number of
movie theatre was
Khalid’s trading cards to the number of
2 : 3 : 5. There were 32 adults. How many
Jordan’s trading cards is 5 : 4. How many
children were there?
trading cards does Jordan have?

42. The ratio of the perimeters of two squares is 4

38. The ratio of Mr Lim’s age to his daughter’s
: 7. The perimeter of the larger square is 56
age is 5 : 2. He is 36 years older than she is.
cm. What is the length of each side of the
How old is Mr Lim?
smaller square?
43. The ratio of the perimeter of Rectangle A to 46. The ratio of the cost of a stapler to the cost of a
the perimeter of Rectangle B is 7 : 10. pencil case to the cost of a calculator was 1 : 3
Rectangle A has a perimeter of 42 cm. : 7. The calculator cost $24 more than the
Rectangle B has a breadth of stapler. Find the cost of the calculator.
9 cm. What is the length of Rectangle B?

44. In a school library, the ratio of the number of 47. Emily, Farid and Garesh shared some biscuits.
mystery books to the number of thriller books The ratio of the number of Emily’s biscuits to
to the number of fantasy books is 10 : 7 : 4. the number of Farid’s biscuits to the number of
There are 88 fantasy books and thriller books Garesh’s biscuits was 2 : 3 : 7. Farid had 15
altogether. How many mystery books are there biscuits. How many biscuits did the three
in the library? children share?

45. The ratio of Hazmi’s age to his father’s age is 48. The ratio of the number of motorcycles to the

1 : 4. In 8 years’ time, their total age will be number of cars parked inside a university

66. How old is Hazmi now? campus is

9 : 7. There are 32 more motorcycles than cars.
How many wheels altogether are there on the
parked cars?