Ratio and proportion

Find the area of the shaded region created by the two overlapping triangles in terms of a and b?

Use the grids to draw pictures to different scales.

The Pythagoreans noticed that nice simple ratios of string length made nice sounds together.

Triangle ABC is equilateral. D, the midpoint of BC, is the centre of the semi-circle whose radius is R which touches AB and AC, as well as a smaller circle with radius r which also touches AB and AC. What is the value of r/R?

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?

Using an understanding that 1:2 and 2:3 were good ratios, start with a length and keep reducing it to 2/3 of itself. Each time that took the length under 1/2 they doubled it to get back within range.

Which exact dilution ratios can you make using only 2 dilutions?

The area of a regular pentagon looks about twice as a big as the pentangle star drawn within it. Is it?

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 assets of the players at the beginning of the evening?