Ratios treasure hunt
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There are 6 blue cubes and 3 red cubes. How many blue cubes are there for every red cube?
2
3
6
1
Lisa has 1 doll. Anna has 4 dolls. Who has fewer dolls?
Lisa
Anna
They have as much
Nobody
There are 14 toy cars on the ground. Half of them are green. How many green cars are there?
7
14
6
8
One house has 1 door. How many doors do 6 houses have together?
6
1
7
5
There are 2 red balls and 4 blue balls. How many balls are there together?
6 balls
4 balls
2 balls
8 balls
There are six socks in the drawer. Half of them are white. How many white socks are there?
3
2
4
6
There are 12 orange beads and 6 blue beads. How many orange beads are there for each blue bead?
2
6
12
3
For every 1 rabbit, there are 2 carrots. If there are 3 rabbits, how many roots are there?
6
3
2
5
In a class of 28 pupils, the ratio of athletes : non-athletes = 3 : 4. How many pupils do not play sports?
16
12
14
18
A recipe for 4 people needs 250 grams of flour. How many grams of flour do you need for 6 people?
375 g
350g
300 grams
400 g
8 cows eat a meadow bare in 12 days. In how many days will 6 cows eat the same pasture bare?
16 days
9 days
18 days
14 days
On a map with scale 1 : 50,000, the distance between two cities is 12 cm. What is the actual distance?
6 km
5 km
7 km
4 km
In a theatre, there are adults and children in the ratio of 5 : 2. There are 140 children. How many visitors are there in total?
490
420
350
560
The masses of two objects relate as 3 : 8. The lightest object weighs 150 grams. What do both objects weigh together?
550 g
450 g
500 grams
600 grams
A rectangle has sides in the ratio 3 : 2. The short side is 8 cm. What is its perimeter?
40 cm
32 cm
36 cm
48 cm
The areas of two rooms relate as 5 : 8. The smallest room has an area of 15 m². What is the area of the largest room?
24 m²
20 m²
18 m²
30 m²
A car consumes 7 litres of petrol per 100 km. How many litres are needed for a journey of 385 km?
26.95 litres
25.80 litres
28.15 litres
27.30 litres
In a class, the ratio of boys:girls = 7:8. There are 21 boys. How many students are in the class in total?
45
42
48
39
A rectangle is reduced by a factor of 0.6. If the original area was 120 cm², what is the new area?
43.2 cm²
72 cm²
48 cm²
54 cm²
A machine packs 180 products in 45 minutes. How many products per hour at constant speed?
240
220
260
200
In a hospital, the ratio of doctors:nurses:administrative staff = 2:7:3. There are 14 doctors. How many people work there in total?
84
72
96
78
In an orchestra, musicians play in ratio strings:winds:percussion = 8:5:1. There are 5 percussionists. How many strings are playing?
40
35
45
32
On a 1:100,000 scale map, a lake measures 3.2 cm in diameter. What is the actual diameter?
3.2 km
3.0 km
2.8 km
3.6 km
A gear with 24 teeth rotates 5 times. How many times does a gear with 15 teeth connected to it rotate?
8 times
7 times
6 times
9 times
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