Ratio and proportion

  • Televisual Technology
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    Televisual Technology

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If a new and an old television have screens of the same area, what is the ratio of their widths?
  • Half a Triangle
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    Half a Triangle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Construct a line parallel to one side of a triangle so that the triangle is divided into two equal areas.
  • Rarity
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    Rarity

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Show that it is rare for a ratio of ratios to be rational.
  • Wedge on Wedge
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    Wedge on Wedge

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Two right-angled triangles are connected together as part of a structure. An object is dropped from the top of the green triangle where does it pass the base of the blue triangle?
  • Hexagon Slices
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    Hexagon Slices

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 37 - 2007
    This regular hexagon has been divided into four trapezia and one hexagon.... what is the ratio of the lengths of sides p, q and r?
  • Exact dilutions
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    Exact Dilutions

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Which exact dilution ratios can you make using only 2 dilutions?
  • Scale Draw
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    Scale Draw

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Use the grids to draw pictures to different scales.
  • Cherry Buns
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    Cherry Buns

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Sam's grandmother has an old recipe for cherry buns. She has enough mixture to put 45 grams in each of 12 paper cake cases. What was the weight of one egg?
  • Once Upon a Time
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    Once Upon a Time

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out the height of Baby Bear's chair and whose bed is whose if all the things the three bears have are in the same proportions?

  • Timber!
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    Timber!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How can the school caretaker be sure that the tree would miss the school buildings if it fell?