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⚖️ Ratio & Sharing – Year 8
Maths · Year 8 (KS3) — practise simplifying ratios and sharing amounts in a given ratio in real-life problems
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Questions
Write the ratio 12 : 18 in its simplest form.
4 : 6
3 : 2
6 : 9
2 : 3
20s
A class has 14 boys and 16 girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls in its simplest form?
8 : 7
14 : 30
7 : 8
7 : 15
20s
£40 is shared in the ratio 3 : 5. How much is the larger share?
£25
£8
£15
£24
20s
In a bag, the ratio of red counters to blue counters is 2 : 3. What fraction of the counters are red?
2/5
3/5
1/2
2/3
30s
Write the ratio 250 g : 1 kg in its simplest form.
25 : 1
1 : 4
4 : 1
1 : 40
30s
A recipe for 4 people uses 300 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 10 people?
700 g
1200 g
750 g
3000 g
30s
At a pet shelter the ratio of cats to dogs is 5 : 2. There are 15 cats. How many cats and dogs are there altogether?
21
20
35
17
30s
72 sweets are shared between three friends in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. How many sweets are in the largest share?
36
24
32
16
30s
Sam and Ali share some money in the ratio 4 : 7. Ali gets £36 more than Sam. How much money is shared altogether?
£48
£132
£84
£396
60s
Blue and yellow are mixed 3 : 2 to make green paint. You have 12 litres of blue and 10 of yellow. What is the most green you can make?
18 litres
20 litres
25 litres
22 litres
60s