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Class 8 Proportional Reasoning-1 worksheet
CBSE Mathematics. Ratios, sharing in a ratio, proportion, unitary method. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
21 : 9 in its simplest form is:
- 7 : 3
- 8 : 4
- 21 : 3
- 3 : 7
Answer
(a) 7 : 3
divide both by 3
- 2.
Which ratio is equivalent to 5 : 2?
- 30 : 2
- 11 : 8
- 12 : 30
- 30 : 12
Answer
(d) 30 : 12
multiply both by 6
- 3.
A ratio between two quantities of the same kind has:
- the unit of the second quantity
- the unit cm
- the unit of the first quantity
- no unit
Answer
(d) no unit
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Find the ratio of 75 paise to Rs 9.
Answer
1 : 12
Rs 9 = 900 paise; 75 : 900
- 5.
Divide Rs 288 between Meena and Sonu in the ratio 1 : 5.
Answer
Meena Rs 48, Sonu Rs 240
6 parts = 288; 1 part = 48
Section C · long answer
- 6.
In a school choir the ratio of girls to boys is 4 : 3. There are 42 members in all. How many are girls and how many are boys?
Answer
24 girls, 18 boys
7 parts = 42; 1 part = 6
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