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Ratio notation and simplest form worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "ratio notation and simplest form" — DfE statement R4. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Ratio notation and simplest form worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A shade of paint is made by mixing blue paint and white paint. To make 5 litres of the shade, 2 litres of blue paint is used and the rest is white paint. Write the ratio of blue paint to white paint in its simplest form.
- 2.A recipe uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 8 : 3 : 5. Write the ratio of flour to the rest of the mixture (sugar and butter combined) in its simplest form.
- 3.Write the ratio 2 : 1/4 as a ratio of whole numbers in its simplest form.
- 4.Which of these ratios is equivalent to 2:3?
- 5.Write 45 minutes : 2 hours as a ratio in its simplest form.
- 6.Write the ratio 27 : 45 in its simplest form.
- 7.A gardener mixes 300 ml of plant feed concentrate with 1.2 litres of water to make a spray. Write the ratio of concentrate to water in its simplest form.
- 8.Write the ratio 4x : 6x in its simplest form, where x is a positive number.
- 9.Simplify the ratio 12 : 18 : 30 to its simplest form.
- 10.A jar contains 24 green sweets and 16 orange sweets. Write the ratio of green sweets to orange sweets in its simplest form.
- 11.Write the ratio 20 : 30 in its simplest form.
- 12.Write 350 ml : 1.4 l as a ratio in its simplest form.
- 13.Write the ratio 3/4 : 1/2 as a ratio of whole numbers in its simplest form.
- 14.Simplify the ratio 45 : 30 : 75 to its simplest form.
- 15.Which of these ratios is already written in its simplest form?
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