Ratio and Proportion Questions

• The bus fare between two cities is increased in the ratio 11:18. What would be the increase in the fare, if the original fare is Rs 550?
• A bag has Rs 43 in the form of 5-rupee, 50-paise and 10-paise coins in the ratio of 1:5:11. What is the total number of 50-paise coins?
• Rs 18200 is divided among X, Y and Z in the ratio of 1/3 : 1/4 : 1/2. What is the share (in Rs) of X ?
• A bag has Rs.51.25 in the form of 2-rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise coins in the ratio of 3:5:7. What is the total number of 50-paise coins?
• A certain sum of money was divided between A, B and C in the ratio 5:6:9. If A received Rs. 450 the sum divided was
• The diagonals of two squares are in the ratio 5:2.The ratio of their area is
• The ratio of two positive numbers is 3:4. The sum of their squares is 400. What is the sum of the numbers?
• If A = 2B = 4C; what is the value of A : B : C?
• The flight fare between two cities is increased in the ratio 11:13. What is the increase (in Rs) in the fare, if the original fare was Rs 12100?
• The ratio of number of boys to the number of girls in a school of 432 pupils is 5 : 4. When some new boys and girls are admitted, the number of boys increase by 12 and the ratio of the boys to girls changes to 7 : 6. The number of new girls admitted is
• Sanjay's test marks in two subjects, English and Hindi are in the ratio 7 : 11. If he got 20 marks more in Hindi than in English, what are his marks in English?
• What is the third proportional to 10 and 20?
• If 2A = 3B = 8C; What is A : B : C?
• What is the Number of candidates who had applied if the ratio of selected to unselected was 14 : 25. If 35 less had applied and 10 less selected, the ratio of selected to unselected would have been 3 : 5?
• What is the fourth proportional to 6, 24 and 83?
• According to the will, the wealth of Rs 11,50,000 was to be divided between the son and the daughter in the ratio 2/3 : 5/4. How much share did the son get (in Rs lakhs)?
• If 5A = 13B = 7C; find the value of A : B : C.
• In what ratio is the segment joining the points (2,5) and (6,10) divided by the yaxis?
• The bus fare between two cities is increased in the ratio 1:2. Find the increase in the fare, if the original fare is Rs. 175.
• By increasing the price of entry ticket to a fair in the ratio 17:19, the number of visitors to the fair has decreased in the ratio 11:10. In what ratio has the total collection increased or decreased?