Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics Workbook 8
Chapter 12: Ratio and Proportion Worksheet
Name: ________________________ Class: ________________________
1. Write the ratio of 24 cm to 2 m in its simplest form.
2. Simplify the ratio 18 : 24.
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3. A recipe uses 300 g of flour and 150 g of sugar. Write the ratio of flour to sugar in simplest
form.
4. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3 : 5. If there are 24 girls, how many boys are there?
5. Divide RM84 in the ratio 2 : 4.
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6. The scale of a map is 1 : 50 000. What is the actual distance represented by 6 cm on the
map?
7. Write 4 hours to 15 minutes as a ratio in simplest form.
8. A model car is made to a scale of 1 : 20. If the model is 15 cm long, how long is the real
car?
9. The ratio of red to blue marbles is 5 : 2. If there are 35 red marbles, how many blue
marbles are there?
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10. A school has 180 students. The ratio of boys to girls is 4 : 5. Find the number of girls.
11. The ratio of mango juice to orange juice in a drink is 3 : 7. If 600 mL of orange juice is
used, how much mango juice is needed?
12. If a map uses a scale of 1 : 25 000, what is the map distance that represents 3 km in real
life?
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13. A car travels 120 km using 8 litres of petrol. How far can it travel using 5 litres at the same
rate?
14. Simplify 1.2 : 0.8.
15. The ratio of the sides of a rectangle is 2 : 5. If the shorter side is 8 cm, find the longer side.
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16. A bag contains red and yellow balls in the ratio 7 : 3. If there are 50 balls in total, find how
many are yellow.
17. The cost of 6 notebooks is RM24. Find the cost of 10 notebooks at the same rate.
18. A map shows 2 cm as 8 km. What is the scale of the map in the form 1 : n?
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19. The ratio of water to juice is 9 : 1. If 2.5 L of water is used, how much juice is added?
20. A recipe for 8 people requires 400 g of pasta. How much pasta is needed for 12 people?
21.
Albert Einstein mixed two types of solutions, A and B, in the ratio 3 : 5 to make 4 litres of a
new mixture. How many litres of solution A did he use?