📐 Ratio and Proportion in Everyday Problems
Explore how ratios and proportions help solve real-world problems involving sharing, comparing quantities, and scaling. **What you'll learn:** - Identify and write ratios in simplest form from everyday situations - Solve proportion problems using equivalent ratios - Apply ratios to share quantities fairly among groups - Scale recipes and measurements using proportional reasoning - Recognise and work with direct proportional relationships
Questions in this quiz
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- Question 1
In a class of 24 students, 8 play football and the rest play basketball. What is the ratio of football players to basketball players in simplest form?
- Question 2
A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you double the recipe, how much sugar do you need?
- Question 3
If 5 oranges cost ₦250, then 10 oranges cost ₦___.
- Question 4
The ratio is equivalent to the ratio .
- Question 5
A map has a scale of 1 cm to 10 km. If two towns are 5 cm apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life?
- Question 6
Three friends share 60 sweets in the ratio . How many sweets does the friend with the largest share receive?
- Question 7
If 12 workers can build a wall in 5 days, then 6 workers can build the same wall in ___ days (assuming the same work rate).
- Question 8
A school has boys and girls in the ratio . If there are 125 boys, how many girls are there?
- Question 9
A car travels 240 km in 4 hours at a constant speed. How far will it travel in 7 hours?
- Question 10
A tailor uses 4 metres of cloth to make 2 shirts. How many metres of cloth are needed to make 10 shirts?