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Ratios and Proportional Reasoning

Year 9 · Number and Algebra · 4 questions · 6 min

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Question 1

Write the ratio 8:12 in simplest form

Question 2

A recipe uses flour and sugar in the ratio 3:2. If you use 9 cups of flour, how much sugar?

Question 3

Simplify the ratio 15:25

Question 4

A map scale is 1:50,000. A distance of 5 cm on the map represents how many kilometres in reality?

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A schematic route labelled 5 centimetres with a scale of 1 cm to 0.5 kilometres.Scale: 1 cm = 0.5 kmMap route: 5 cmSchematic only. Use the stated distance, not the printed size.
Use the map distance and the scale from the question to work out the real distance.
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