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Ratios, fractions and linear functions worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Ratios, fractions and linear functions worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A fruit squash is made by mixing squash and water. In a jug, 2/9 of the total volume is squash. A caterer makes up 4.5 litres of the squash mixture. Work out how many litres of squash are in the mixture.
- 2.A stall sells bottles of juice. Two bottles cost £3.00, five bottles cost £7.50 and eight bottles cost £12.00. The cost, C pounds, is in a fixed ratio to the number of bottles, n. Write down a formula for C in terms of n.
- 3.In a box of pens, 3/7 of the pens are blue and the rest are black. Write down the ratio of the number of blue pens to the number of black pens, in its simplest form.
- 4.Two quantities x and y are in the ratio x : y = 2 : 5, and y = kx for a constant k. Work out the value of k.
- 5.A straight-line graph passes through the origin and the point (4, 10). The line represents y = kx. Write down the ratio x : y in its simplest form.
- 6.A shop's profit, P pounds, is in direct proportion to the number of items sold, n. When 15 items are sold, the profit is £45. Write down the ratio n : P in its simplest form for this shop.
- 7.The ratio of two lengths is 0.6 : 1.5. Write this ratio in its simplest whole-number form.
- 8.The ratio of y to x is always 3 : 4. Write down which equation could represent this relationship.
- 9.A ratio is 3 : 5. Write the first part of the ratio as a fraction of the whole.
- 10.Write the ratio 4 : 9 in the form 1 : n.
- 11.Given that a is 40% of b, write the ratio a : b in its simplest form.
- 12.A vegetable patch is divided between carrots, potatoes and onions in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. Write down the fraction of the patch used for potatoes.
- 13.Write the ratio 6a : 9a in its simplest form, where a is a positive number.
- 14.Write the ratio 2/3 : 1/2 as a ratio of whole numbers, in its simplest form.
- 15.In a fruit drink, 3/8 of the total volume is orange juice and the rest is apple juice. Write down the ratio of orange juice to apple juice, in its simplest form.
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