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Broad Topics > Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion > Ratio

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Ratio or Proportion?

Stage: 2 and 3

An article for teachers which discusses the differences between ratio and proportion, and invites readers to contribute their own thoughts.

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Cereal Mix

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A farmer is supplying a mix of seeds, nuts and dried apricots to a manufacturer of crunchy cereal bars. What combination of ingredients costing £5 per kg could he supply?

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Mixing Paints

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

A decorator can buy pink paint from two manufacturers. What is the least number he would need of each type in order to produce different shades of pink.

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Mixing More Paints

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Is it always possible to combine two paints made up in the ratios 1:x and 1:y and turn them into paint made up in the ratio a:b ? Can you find an efficent way of doing this?

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Nutty Mixture

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Use the ratio of cashew nuts to peanuts to find out how many peanuts Rachel has. What would the ratio be if Rachel and Marianne mixed their bags?

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How Big?

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

If the sides of the triangle in the diagram are 3, 4 and 5, what is the area of the shaded square?

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Racing Odds

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

In a race the odds are: 2 to 1 against the rhinoceros winning and 3 to 2 against the hippopotamus winning. What are the odds against the elephant winning if the race is fair?

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Oh for the Mathematics of Yesteryear

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

A garrison of 600 men has just enough bread ... but, with the news that the enemy was planning an attack... How many ounces of bread a day must each man in the garrison be allowed, to hold out 45. . . .

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Pi, a Very Special Number

Stage: 2 and 3

Read all about the number pi and the mathematicians who have tried to find out its value as accurately as possible.

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Do Unto Caesar

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

At the beginning of the night three poker players; Alan, Bernie and Craig had money in the ratios 7 : 6 : 5. At the end of the night the ratio was 6 : 5 : 4. One of them won $1 200. What were the. . . .

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Ratio Sudoku 3

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A Sudoku with clues as ratios or fractions.

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Rati-o

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Points P, Q, R and S each divide the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively in the ratio of 2 : 1. Join the points. What is the area of the parallelogram PQRS in relation to the original rectangle?

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Ratio Pairs 3

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Match pairs of cards so that they have equivalent ratios.

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Mixing Lemonade

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour?

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Rod Ratios

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Use the Cuisenaire rods environment to investigate ratio. Can you find pairs of rods in the ratio 3:2? How about 9:6?

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Ratio Pairs 2

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A card pairing game involving knowledge of simple ratio.

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Number the Sides

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

The triangles in these sets are similar - can you work out the lengths of the sides which have question marks?

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Ratio Sudoku 1

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

A Sudoku with clues as ratios.

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Ratio Sudoku 2

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A Sudoku with clues as ratios.


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