Ratios
Ratios: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Comparing Two Quantities by Division/by Taking the Ratio, Ratios, Representation of Ratios with Symbols, Importance of Keeping the Units Same in Ratios, Solving Word Problems on Ratios, etc.
Important Questions on Ratios
Distances travelled by Hamid and Akhtar in an hour are and . Find the ratio of speed of Hamid to the speed of Akhtar.

A sum of is divided among in the ratio . What is the share of all the three?

Abhi divides the collection of stamps between his two brothers Shyam and Kiran in a ratio of . Find the number of stamps each of the brothers received.

The sum of the three angles of a triangle is . The ratio of is . If the value of is decreased by and the value of is increased by . Let's calculate the new ratio of the three angles.

Of the persons working in an office, are men and the remaining are women. Find the ratio of the number of: men to that of women, men to the total number of persons and persons to that of women.



By showing that ratio does not have unit, find the ratio of .

Distances travelled by Hari and Abhi in an hour are km and km. Find the ratio of speed of Hari to the speed of Abhi by showing that ratio does not have unit.


There are boys and girls in a class. The ratio of the number of boys to the total number of students in the class is

Rafi has red marbles and blue marbles. Find the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles Rafi has?

Two numbers are in the ratio . If the sum of the numbers is , find the two numbers.

Riya makes green paint by mixing parts of blue paint with parts of yellow paint. If she is in need of liters of green paint, how much each of yellow and blue paint is needed?

The ratio of number of girls to the number of boys in a class is . If there are boys in the class, then the number of girls in the class is

Write the following on the exercise book and then fill in the blanks :

Write the following on the exercise book and then fill in the blanks :

Write the following on the exercise book and then fill in the blanks :

The monthly income of Abhinav is . He spends monthly. Find the ratio in the expenditure and saving of Abhinav.

The monthly income of Abhinav is . He spends monthly. Find the ratio in the expenditure and income of Abhinav.
