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Ratio and Proportion problems


  • 1. The ratio between the number of sheep and the number of horses at the Stewar farm is 4 to 15. If each of horse is fed 110 ounces of horse food per day and the farm needs a total 13200 ounces of horse food per day. what is number sheep in the form ?

  • Options
  • A. 32
  • B. 36
  • C. 44
  • D. 52
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  • 2. What will be the average of the first 5 positive even numbers divisible by 9?

  • Options
  • A. 50
  • B. 54
  • C. 48
  • D. 62
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  • 3. On her deathbed, a grand mother called upon his three grand sons and told them to distribute all her assets worth Rs. 52,500 in the ratio of 1/35 : 1/21 : 1/15 amongst themselves. Find the smallest share amongst the three portions ?

  • Options
  • A. Rs. 5422
  • B. Rs. 10,500
  • C. Rs. 12,800
  • D. Rs. 15,000
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  • 4. A Product is supported each week by the same three Product supporters. Last month the first supporter took 440 calls, the second took 360 calls, and the third took 300 calls. This month the job will consists of 1500 calls. If the three supporters each increase their work proportionately, how many more calls will the second supporter take this month than last month ?

  • Options
  • A. 131 calls
  • B. 160 calls
  • C. 491 calls
  • D. 600 calls
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  • 5. Rs. 7444 is divided among 5 ladies, 3 gents and 3 girls. The ratio of share of a lady, a gents and a girl is 7: 4: 3. What is the share of gents ?

  • Options
  • A. Rs. 1595.14
  • B. Rs. 1793.4
  • C. Rs. 595.14
  • D. Rs. 1551.5
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  • 6. A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolutions made by the larger wheel is ?

  • Options
  • A. 11
  • B. 7
  • C. 9
  • D. 13
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  • 7. The incomes of two persons A and B are in the ratio 3:4. If each saves Rs.100 per month, the ratio of their expenditures is 1:2. Find their incomes ?

  • Options
  • A. 200, 400
  • B. 100, 300
  • C. 100, 200
  • D. 150, 200
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  • 8. If A : B = 1 : 4 and B : C = 2 : 3, then what is A : B : C?

  • Options
  • A. 1 : 4 : 6
  • B. 2 : 8 : 7
  • C. 2 : 8 : 5
  • D. 1 : 4 : 5
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  • 9. If y/(x - z) = (y + x)/z = x/y then find z : y : x ?

  • Options
  • A. 1:2:3
  • B. 3:2:4
  • C. 4:3:2
  • D. 2:3:4
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  • 10. At the university entrance exam, a candidate is admitted according to whether he has passed or failed the test. Of the candidates who are really capable, 80 % pass the test and of the incapable, 30 % pass the test. Given that 40 % of the candidates are really capable, then the proportion of the really capable students who can pass the test to the total students who can pass is about ?

  • Options
  • A. 11/24
  • B. 1/5
  • C. 16/25
  • D. 6/5
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