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In a family of 6 members, the average age at present is 35 years. The youngest member is 10 years old. The average age of the family just before the birth of the youngest member was

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Important Questions on Ratio and Proportion

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In a mixture of 165 litres, the ratio of liquids X and Y is 6:5. If 5 litres of liquid Y is added in the mixture, then what is the ratio of X and Y in the new mixture ?

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If P : 18 :: 5 : 3, then what is the value of P?
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What is the combined ratio of 3:2, 7:4 and 6:5?

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If A: B = 4: 5 and B : C = 20 : 11, then find A :B :C
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Divide 27 into two parts so that 5 times the first and 11 times the second together equal to 195. The ratio of the first and second part is _____.
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If P : Q = 9 : 7, then what is the value of (P-Q) : (P + Q)?
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Rahul spends some part of his income and saves the remaining part. The ratio of his expenditure and saving is 6:1. If Rahul's income is Rs.42000, what will be his expenditure (in Rs)?
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If 2x=3y=4z then, what is the value of x:y:z?
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A sum of Rs. 221 is divided among X, Y and Z such that X gets Rs. 52 more than Y. Y gets Rs. 26 more than Z. The ratio of the shares of X, Y and Z respectively is
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In a school, 10% of boys is equal to 14th of the number of girls. What is the ratio of the boys and the girls in that school?
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1050 is divided among M,N and P in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively. What is the difference between the shares of M and N?
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The respective ratio between two positive numbers (X and Y) is 3:5. When 2 is added to both the numbers, the ratio between them becomes 5:8. What is the difference between both the numbers?
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Marks of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 7 respectively. If the marks of A is 25, then find the marks of B?
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The ratio of cost of table and chair is 9:4. The cost of table is Rs. 1250 more than cost of chair. What is the cost (in Rs.) of chair?
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A box contains one rupee, fifty paisa and twenty five paisa coins. The total number of coins are 378. The ratio of values of the above coins is 13:11:7. The number of twenty five paise coins was:

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If we divide 184 kg in the ratio 2 : 3 : 3, the relevant measures in kg are:

(A) 26, 79 and 79 

(B) 6, 89 and 89 

(C) 46, 79 and 79 

(D) 46, 69 and 69 

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A box contains 280 coins of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise. The values of each kind of coin are in the ratio of 8:4:3. The number of 50 paise coins will be:
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What is the $4th$ proportional of 3, 8, 12

1. 36

2. 26

3. 32

4. 16

 

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Ranu’s monthly salary is four-fifth of Ali’s monthly salary. Ranu and Ali save one-fourth and two-fifth amount from their respective monthly salary. If the difference between the amount saved by Ranu and that saved by Ali is Rs. 7000, what is Ranu’s monthly salary?
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A certain amount of money has to be divided between two persons P and Q in the ratio 5:7. But it was divided in the ratio 2:5 and thereby Q gets an additional Rs.33. Find the total amount.