Mastering Ratio: Simplifying & Sharing

Mathematics
Grade 8
11 questions
~22 mins
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A worksheet covering Ratio, Proportion, and Rates of Change for Grade 8 students. It includes procedural questions to test understanding and reasoning questions to apply concepts in various contexts.

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Mastering Ratio: Simplifying & Sharing

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Practice Questions

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1.
Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its lowest terms.
[2 marks]
2.
Express the ratio 50:75 in simplest form.
[2 marks]
3.
Share 60 apples and 40 oranges in the ratio of 3:2. How many apples and oranges does each part represent?
[3 marks]
4.
If a car travels 150 km in 3 hours, what is the rate of travel in km per hour?
[2 marks]
5.
What is the ratio of boys to girls in a class with 18 boys and 24 girls?
[2 marks]
6.
A recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar for every 5 cups of flour. How much sugar is needed for 15 cups of flour?
[3 marks]
7.
If the ratio of students to teachers is 25:1 and there are 200 students, how many teachers are there?
[2 marks]
8.
A map scale shows 1 cm representing 5 km. How far apart are two cities that are 7 cm apart on the map?
[2 marks]
9.
A mixture contains 3 parts of oil to 5 parts of water. If the total mixture is 16 liters, how much oil is there?
[3 marks]
10.
Challenge: A car’s fuel efficiency decreases as the load increases. If the fuel consumption rate is 8 liters per 100 km with no load, and for every 50 kg added, the rate increases by 0.2 liters per 100 km, what is the consumption rate with a load of 150 kg?
[4 marks]
11.
Real-world application: A farmer has a field where the ratio of corn to wheat is 7:3. If the farmer harvests 140 kg of corn, how much wheat is expected?
[4 marks]

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12/30/2025
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