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2 | Industrial Mathematics

Assessment:
QUIZ 2 – RATIO AND PROPORTION
1. In the following diagram, what is the ratio of 14. What fraction of the
gray squares to white squares? apples are black?
a. 9 : 16 b. 9 : 7 a. 2/3 b. 1/3
c. 7 : 16 d. 16 : 9 e. none of the choices c. 1/4 d. 3/4 e. none of the
2. In the following diagram, what is the choices
ratio of gray balls to black balls 15. Maggie and her little sister
Minnie are in proportion. What is
a. 6 : 4 b. 5 : 6
c. 3 : 2 d. 2 : 3 e. none of the choices Minnie's height?
a. 34 b. 32
3. Alice and Olivia share some sweets in the ratio of 3:1. Alice
c. 35 d. 36
gives 22 sweets to Olivia and now the ratio is 5:3. What is the
e. none of the choices
difference of the sweets they had initially?
a. 87 b. 89 c. 88 d. 90 e. none of the choices
16. A total of 300 cash consists of 1-peso, 5-peso and 10-peso
4. A recipe for pastry has flour, butter and water mixed in the
coins, their values being in the ratio of 125 : 135 : C. Find the
ratio 24 : 8 : 3. If Fiona follows the recipe and uses 4 cups of
ratio (in terms of quantity of coins) of 5-peso coins to 10-peso
flour, how many cups of butter should she use?
coins.
a. 1 cup b. 3/8 cup c. 4/3 cup
a. 27:4 b. 27:8 c. 135:125 d. 8:27
d. 8/3 cup e. none of the choices
e. none of the choices
5. What fraction of the squares are gray?
17. Mother divided the money among Ron, Sam and Maria in
a. 6/16 b. 3/8 c. 8/3
the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If Sam got P150, find the total amount and the
d. 5/8 e. none of the choices
money received by Ron and Maria.
6. The incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio of 7 : 9 : 12 and a. 300 b. 400 c. 450 d. 320 e. none of the choices
their spendings are in the ratio of 8 : 9 : 15. If A saves 1/3 of his 18. What is the ratio of gray triangles
income, then the savings of A, B and C are in the ratio of, to all triangles?
a. 56:99:69 b. 28:45:39 c. 25:43:38 d. 1:2:3 e. none of the choices a. 2/5 b. 2/3 c. 3/5
7. The two glasses are in proportion. What d. 3/2 e. none of the choices
is the height of the smaller glass? 19. Jim can run a mile in 5 minutes and 30 seconds. John can run
a. 4.12 b. 4.44 c. 4.29 a mile in 6 minutes and 20 seconds. What is the ratio of Jim's
d. 4.36 time to John's time?
e. none of the choices a. 5.3 : 6.2 b. 33 : 38 c. 31 : 38
8. AOC is a straight line and the ratio of d. 35 : 38 e. none of the choices
the angles is: ∠AOB : ∠BOC = 3 : 9. 20. 1 kg of cashews costs P170 and 1 kg of walnuts costs P200.
What is the size of angle AOB? If a mixture of cashews and walnuts is sold at P180 per kg, then
a. 42° b. 40° c. 48° what fraction of the total mixture are cashews?
d. 60° e. none of the choices a. 1/4 b. 1/5 c. 2/3 d. 1/3 e. none of the choices
9. The distance between two towns on a map is 5 mm. If the real 21. Two numbers are in the ratio of 1 1/2:2 2/3. When each of
distance between the two towns is 30 km, what is the scale of these is increased by 24, the ratio changes to 1 2/3:2 1/2. The
the map? larger of the numbers is,
a. 1 : 600,000 b. 1 : 60,000 c. 1 : 6,000 a. 48 b. 32 c. 36 d. 40 e. none of the choices
d. 1 : 600 e. none of the choices 22. Two numbers are in ratio of 3 : 8 and their LCM is 216. The
10. A real horse is 2.1 m high. A statue of the horse is 3 m high. smaller number is,
What is the ratio of the height of the horse to the height of the a. 23 b. 24 c. 25 d. 26 e. none of the choices
statue? 23. ∠AOC is a right angle and the
a. 7 : 10 b. 6 : 11 c. 7 : 11 d. 11 : 7 e. none of the choices ratio ∠AOB : ∠BOC = 3 : 2 What is
11. The ratio of black cars to colored cars in the car park is 4 : 6 the size of angle BOC?
What fraction of the cars in the car park are colored? a. 36° b. 45° c. 54°
a. 4/10 b. 4/6 c. 6/4 d. 2/5 e. none of the choices d. 60° e. none of the choices
12. A coin is tossed several times and the ratio of heads to tails 24. Carl got twice as many marks in Calculus as in Biology. His
is 22 : 26. What fraction of the tosses are tails? total marks in Calculus , Biology and Thermodynamics is 180.
a. 13/24 b. 11/24 c. 11/13 d. 22/26 e. none of the choices If the ratio of his marks in Thermodynamics and Calculus is 3 :
13. The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, 2, what is her marks in Biology?
is 828 meters tall. A model of the building is made using the a. 40 b. 30 c. 50 d. 62 e. none of the choices
ratio 1 : 2,500. How high is the model in centimeters? 25. A class of 32 students has 8 girls. What is the ratio of girls to
a. 16.56 cm b. 1,656 cm c. 165.6 cm boys?
d. 1.656 cm e. none of the choices a. 8 : 32 b. 1 : 4 c. 3 : 1 d. 8 : 24 e. none of the choices