Basics of Ratio
Basics of Ratio: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Understanding Ratios as Division, Representation of Ratios with Symbols, Importance of Keeping the Units Same in Ratios and Ratio etc.
Important Questions on Basics of Ratio
A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of . What is B's share, if C gets, more than D ?

Select the related word/letter/number from the given alternatives:
20 : 6 :: 40 : ?


If is divided among three persons A, B and C in the ratio .how much does A get?

Find the total number of students in the three classes before the increase, if the students in three classes are in the ratio . If Students are increased in each class, the ratio changes to .


If the income of A and B are in the ratio . If each salary is increased by , then find the total salary of A and B.

When a bus started from the stop, the number of male passengers to number of female passengers was . At the stop passengers got down and more female passengers got in. The ratio of male and female now became . What was the total number of passengers in the bus when it started from the first stop?

The weights of Mr. Gupta and Mrs. Gupta are in the ratio and their total weight, combined is . After taking a dieting course Mr. Gupta reduces by and the ratio between their weights changes to . So, Mrs. Gupta has reduced by _____.


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

The ratio of the number of students appearing for the examination in in the states, A, B and C was . Next year if the number of students in these states increases by and respectively, the ratio in states A and C would be . Find the no. of students who appeared for the exam in the state A in .


and are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratios and respectively. Equal quantities of these alloys are melted to form a third alloy . The ratio of gold and copper in the alloy is:


The earth's surface is covered either by land or by water. The proportion covered by land is of that covered by water. What fraction of the entire surface of the earth is land?


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?

The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?

