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1. simplify the following ratios: (a) 12 : 6 (d) 24 : 96 (g) 27 : 9 : 54 (b) 15 : 25 (e) 35 : 105 (h) 18 : 72 : 144 (c) 21 : 28 (f) 17: 68 (i) 38 : 76 : 19

2. divide 96 in the following ratios: (a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 6 (c) 11 : 5 (d) 7 : 5

3. divide 54 in the following ratios: (a) 13 : 5 (b) 7 : 11 (c) 1 : 17 (d) 8 : 10

4. divide 144 in the following ratios: (a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 5 (c) 7 : 2 (d) 11 : 13

5. divide 512 in the following ratios: (a) 13 : 3 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 7 : 1 (d) 1 : 63

6. divide 1000 in the following ratios: (a) 1 : 2 : 7 (b) 6 : 12 : 2 (c) 13 : 26 : 11 (d) 21 : 1 : 3

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1. (a) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 4 (g) 3 ; 1 : 6 (b) 3 : 5 (e) 1 : 3 (h) 1 : 4 : 8 (c) 3 : 4 (f) 1 : 4 (i) 2 : 4 : 1

2. (a) 32, 64 (b) 24, 72 (c) 66, 30 (d) 56, 40

3. (a) 39, 15 (b) 21, 33 (c) 3, 51 (d) 24, 30

4. (a) 108, 36 (b) 24, 120 (c) 112, 32 (d) 66, 78

5. (a) 416, 96 (b) 384, 128 (c) 448, 64 (d) 8, 504

6. (a) 100, 200, 700 (b) 300, 600, 100 (c) 260, 520, 220 (d) 840, 40, 120

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Worksheet - Finding an original quantity using ratio

Use ratio to find either the largest or smallest amount in each of these questions. A number in shared in the ratio 1:8. The larger share is 144. What is the smaller amount? A number in shared in the ratio 12:1. The smaller share is 9. What is the larger amount? A number in shared in the ratio 14:7. The 3. larger share is 42. What is the smaller amount? A number in shared in the ratio 17:12. The 4. smaller share is 528. What is the larger amount? A number in shared in the ratio 23:4. The 5. larger share is 299. What is the smaller amount?

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A number in shared in the ratio 10:23. The 6. larger share is 414. What is the smaller amount?

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A number in shared in the ratio 30:12. The smaller share is 42. What is the larger amount?

A number in shared in the ratio 37:14. The 8. larger share is 1147. What is the smaller amount?

A number in shared in the ratio 1:12. The 9. larger share is 282. What is the smaller amount?

A number in shared in the ratio 4:22. The 10. smaller share is 30. What is the larger amount?

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Worksheet - Sharing amounts in a ratio

Share the following amounts into the ratios given. Give your answers in the form a:b.

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Share 6 in the ratio 2:1.

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Share 15 in the ratio 1:2.

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Share 91 in the ratio 8:5.

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Share 112 in the ratio 7:9.

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Share 13 in the ratio 3:10.

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Share 198 in the ratio 14:4.

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Share 153 in the ratio 9:8.

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Share 272 in the ratio 15:16:3.

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Share 860 in the ratio 8:20:15.

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Share 527 in the ratio 6:13:12.

Worksheet - Sharing money in a ratio

For each of these ratio problems you will need to find the largest or smallest amount of money. Arzoo wants to share out 221 between 1. two friends in the ratio 8:9. What is the size of the smallest share?

Luke wants to share out 154 between 2. two friends in the ratio 13:1. What is the size of the smallest share?

Karolina wants to share out 162 3. between two friends in the ratio 10:8. What is the size of the largest share?

Ishfaq wants to share out 121 between 4. two friends in the ratio 1:10. What is the size of the smallest share?

Farhan wants to share out 260 5. between two friends in the ratio 15:5. What is the size of the smallest share?

Yasin wants to share out 48 between 6. two friends in the ratio 5:3. What is the size of the largest share?

Hafi wants to share out 493 between 7. two friends in the ratio 17:12. What is the size of the smallest share?

Samera wants to share out 80 8. between two friends in the ratio 6:4. What is the size of the largest share?

Arzoo wants to share out 220 between 9. two friends in the ratio 9:2. What is the size of the largest share?

Ishfaq wants to share out 245 between 10. two friends in the ratio 24:25. What is the size of the largest share?

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