Simple Contexts: Real-world Applications of Sharing in Ratio (2 parts)

Mathematics
GCSE Higher
12 questions
~24 mins
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A worksheet focusing on sharing in simple contexts, designed to develop procedural skills and problem-solving abilities related to ratios, especially in real-world scenarios.

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Simple Contexts: Real-world Applications of Sharing in Ratio (2 parts)

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Practice Questions

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
A recipe calls for ingredients in the ratio 2:3. If 10 grams of the first ingredient are used, how much of the second ingredient is needed?
[2 marks]
2.
Divide 48 into two parts in the ratio 3:5. What are the two parts?
[3 marks]
3.
A total of 90 students are divided into two classes in the ratio 3:2. How many students are in each class?
[3 marks]
4.
A 60 km journey is split into two parts. If the first part is in the ratio 5:7 with the second part, what is the length of each segment?
[3 marks]
5.
A bottle contains a mixture of juice and water in the ratio 4:1. If there are 20 liters of the mixture, how much juice and water are there?
[2 marks]
6.
In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:2. If there are 200 students in total, how many boys and girls are there?
[4 marks]
7.
A farmer divides 120 kg of grain into two sacks in the ratio 5:7. How much grain is in each sack?
[3 marks]
8.
A mixture of two types of sugar weighing 150 grams contains sugar A and sugar B in the ratio 2:3. Find the weight of each sugar.
[3 marks]
9.
A company distributes profits in the ratio 4:5:6 among three partners. If the total profit is $13500, how much does each partner receive?
[3 marks]
10.
A car travels 180 km in 3 hours. If the journey is divided into two parts in the ratio 2:1, find the distance traveled in each part.
[3 marks]
11.
An artist mixes red and blue paint in the ratio 5:2. If she has 35 liters of the mixture, how much red and blue paint does she have?
[2 marks]
12.
Error Analysis: A student divides 36 into two parts in the ratio 4:3 and gets 20 and 16. Identify and correct the mistake.
[3 marks]

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1/1/2026
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