Proportion
Proportion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Proportions in Real Life Situations, Symbol to Represent Proportions, Graphical Implication of Proportion & Equation Implication of Proportion etc.
Important Questions on Proportion
The ratio of successful and unsuccessful examinees in an examination in a school is . The ratio would have been , if more examinees had been successful. What is the total number of examinees?

The monthly incomes of and are in the ratio . Each of them saves . If the ratio of their expenditure is , then what is the monthly income of ?

The height of Rakesh is in the same proportion as the square root of his age. What will be the height of Rakesh after years, if he is tall at the age of years?

A juice centre requires guavas for . How many dozen guavas will it require for ?

A sum of is divided among , , such that if there shares be increased by , and respectively. The resulting share shall be in the ratio , Find the share of .

The average age of a woman and her daughter is . The ratio of their ages is . What is the age of the daughter?

If , what type of proportion it depicts?

A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of rice A and B in the ratio respectively. Rice A costs per kg and rice B costs per kg. He sold the mixture for and made a profit of . What is the quantity of rice B in the mixture?

Deer and Ostrich are in the same cell in a zoo. The total number of heads is and the total number of legs is . Find the ratio of the total number of ostrich to the total number of deer.

The ratio of mixture of two type of rice A and B is . of type A rice added in the mixture. The ratio of Type A rice to the type B ratio becomes . Find the initial amount of mixture.

There are two types of rice mixed in a rice bag. The bag contains of type A rice and amount of type B rice is more than type A rice. Find the ratio of type A rice to type B rice.

A bag contains some red and blue balls. The total number of blue balls is more than the total number of red balls. If the total number of balls in the bag is . Then find the ratio of the total number of red balls to the total number of blue balls in the bag.

A solution is a mixture of A and B. If the quantity of A is , then what quantity of B should be added to the solution to make the ratio of A to B .

If , then find the value of in terms of only.

A certain amount of money is distributed between Ajay and Vijay in a ratio of . If the share of Ajay is less than the money distributed to Ajay, then find the sum of money distributed :

If , the value of is _____ :

What is the correct symbol of proportion?

If and , then find the value of and


The sum of four number , , and is . If , and , then find the value of .
