Ratio, Proportion and Variation
Ratio, Proportion and Variation: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Ratio & Proportion and Variation etc.
Important Questions on Ratio, Proportion and Variation
If is divided among three persons A, B and C in the ratio .how much does A get?

The price of a Scooter and a Moped are in the ratio . If a Scooter costs more than a Moped, then find the price of a Scooter.

A certain amount is distributed among in the ratio of respectively. If got less than , what is the share of

Lara had a certain sum of money. She bought books with of her money, and cosmetics with of the remainder. Finally, she purchased a toy by spending of what remained. She was then left with . How much money did she have at the beginning?

If then is equal to _____.

Sum of two different positive integers is and the sum of their squares is . What is the ratio of larger integer to the smaller integer?

A sum of is to be divided among A, B and C in the ratio . Then the share of B in is _____.

The ratio of expenditure and savings is . If the income increases by and the savings increases by , then by how much percent should his expenditure increases?

A bag contains coins in the ratio . If the total value of the coins is , the number of coins is _____.

A bag contains the coins of and in the ratio of . If the total value of the coins is , what is the number of coins?

Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio . If the salary of each is increased by , the new ratio becomes . What is Sumit's salary?

In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is younger to her husband and the brother is older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?

If the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is , then the ratio of their corresponding sides is _____.

A IBPS PO aspirant preparing for mains scores marks in English and Reasoning in ratio and in maths and Banking awareness section in ratio . If he exceed his marks in Banking awareness than reasoning by and in English he scores marks less than maths. Then what is the ratio between marks in English and banking awareness?

In a college, the ratio of the number of students studying in Arts, Commerce and Science was respectively. If the number of the students in these streams be increased by and respectively, the new ratio of the number of students in these streams will be?

A piece of cloth is cut into pieces in the ratio of by length. The longer of the two is further cut in the ratio of by length. What is the ratio of each of the three pieces?

Populations of two villages X and Y are in the ratio of 5 : 7 respectively. If the population of village Y increases by 25000 and the population of village X remains unchanged the respective ratio of their populations becomes 25:36. What is the population of village X ?

The ratio of the prices of two houses A and B was 4 : 5 last year. This year, the price of A is increased by 25% and that of B by Rs.50000. If their prices are now in the ratio 9 : 10, the price of A last year was-

What ratio must a lab technician mix methane worth Rs. 60 a kg and Ethane worth Rs. 65 a kg so that by selling this compound mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg, he may gain 10%?

Pratul's monthly income is four-fifth of Ravi's montly income. Ravi's monthly income is Rs. 36,000. What is Pratul's annual income ?
