Comparing Quantities Worksheet-7
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First, second and the third terms of a proportion are 5, 120 and 40. Then the fourth term is
(a) 89 (b) 480 (c) 960 (d) 98
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First, third and the fourth terms of a proportion are 6, 12 and 36. Then the second term is
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 108
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Ratio of number of boys to number of girls in a tutorial is 2 : 3. If there are 180 girls the number of boys is
(a) 36 (b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 100
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Ratio of lemon to water to be mixed to prepare lemon juice is 3 : 5. For 12 lemons the number of cups of water to be used is
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25
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In a quiz programme the ratio of correct answers to incorrect answers is 5 : 2. If 16 incorrect answers are given then the number of correct answers given is
(a) 80 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 30
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In a cricket team the ratio of total number of players to the number of wicket keepers is
(a) 1 : 11 (b) 11 : 1 (c) 16 : 1 (d) 10 : 1
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In a football match the ratio of total number of players of both the teams to the number of referees is
(a) 10 : 2 (b) 11 : 2 (c) 22 : 2 (d) 22 : 1
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In the word MATHEMATICS the ration of number of consonants to the number of vowels
(a) 4 : 7 (b) 7 : 4 (c) 5 : 6 (d) 6 : 5
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In our country India the ratio of number of states to the number of union territories is
(a) 7 : 28 (b) 25 : 7 (c) 28 : 7 (d) 7 : 25
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Cost of 12 apples is Rs. 96. The cost of 15 apples is
(a) Rs. 12 (b) Rs. 102 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 140
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Cost of 1 book is Rs. 12. The cost of 9 books is
(a) Rs. 86 (b) Rs. 106 (c) Rs. 108 (d) Rs. 118
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12 sarees cost Rs. 3600. The cost of 1 saree is
(a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 350 (c) Rs. 250 (d) Rs. 200
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A car travels 81 km in 3 hrs. The distance that can be travelled by the car in 5 hrs is
(a) 27 km (b) 135 km (c) 153 km (d) 125 km
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The middle terms of proportion are called
(a) Antecedents (b) Means
(c) Extremes (d) Consequents
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Ratio is a method of comparing two quantities by
(a) Addition (b) Subtraction
(c) Division (d) None
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The antecedent and consequent of a ratio ______ interchanged unless there is a change in the given statements.
(a) Can be (b) Cannot be (c) Sometimes (d) None
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In the word ‘proportion’, the ratio of number of p’s to the number of o’s is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 1
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Symbol for proportion is
(a) : (b) ≅ (c) = (d) ::
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Proportionality symbol is read as
(a) is to (b) equal to (c) as to (d) none
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Ratio symbol is _____ and is read as _____.
(a) :, is to (b) ::, equal to (c) =, equal to (d) None
Answer Key:
(1)-(c); (2)-(b); (3)-(c); (4)-(c); (5)-(b); (6)-(b); (7)-(d); (8)-(b); (9)-(c); (10)-(c); (11)-(c); (12)-(a); (13)-(b); (14)-(b); (15)-(c); (16)-(b); (17)-(a); (18)-(d); (19)-(c); (20)-(a)