Ratio (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A: Foundation): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4MA1

27 mins8 questions
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3 marks

Aiko, Max and Pau share 5400 yen in the ratios 5:3:4

How much money does each of them get?

Aiko ....................................................... yen
Max ....................................................... yen
Pau ....................................................... yen

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4 marks

Adam buys a new car. The cost of the car is $7600.

Adam pays $1200 deposit in September. Adam pays the remaining amount in three instalments in October, November and December. The amount paid in October, November and December is in the ratio 4:5:7.

Calculate the amount Adam pays in October, November and December.

October $..........

November $..........

December $..........

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3 marks

Last season, the number of goals scored by Arjun, by Simon and by Kath for their football team were in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8

Simon scored 12 more goals than Arjun.

Work out the number of goals scored by Kath.

4
4 marks

Nancy has some coins with a total value of 85 pence.
She has only 2 pence coins and 5 pence coins.

The ratio

number of 2 pence coins: number of 5 pence coins = 1:3

Nancy has more 5 pence coins than 2 pence coins.

How many more?

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5 marks

A rental company has 360 cars and some vans.

The ratio of the number of cars to the number of vans is 3 : 5

4 over 9 of the cars are electric.

36% of the vans are electric.

The company has more electric vans than electric cars.

Work out how many more.
Show your working clearly

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2 marks

The bar chart shows information about the number of bracelets and necklaces a jewellery shop sold in May, June and July last year.

Bar chart showing bracelet and necklace sales from May to July. May shows 20 bracelet sales and 25 necklace sales. June shows 34 bracelet sales and 14 necklace sales. July shows 25 bracelet sales and 42 necklace sales.

Write the number of bracelets to necklaces sold in June as a ratio in its simplest form.

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3 marks

Avril bakes a cake.

She uses flour, butter and sugar such that

weight of flour : weight of butter = 6 : 5
weight of butter : weight of sugar = 3 : 2

Avril uses 120 grams of sugar.

Work out the weight of flour Avril uses

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3 marks

Tony runs a restaurant. 

He is ordering desserts. 

He checks 580 previous orders to see what he needs.

35% of the orders were cheesecake.

2 over 5 of all orders were trifle . 

The remaining orders were sticky toffee pudding and a fruit plate in the ratio 22:7. 

How many fruit plates does Tony need to buy?