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Share a total in a ratio: the difference

Grade 7 math · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Add the parts of the ratio, divide the total by that number to find one part, then multiply.

  1. Chloe and Jamal share 70 pencils in the ratio 5 : 9. How many more pencils does the one with the larger share get?
  2. Isla and Kai share 25 stickers in the ratio 4 : 1. How many more stickers does the one with the larger share get?
  3. Rosa and Mateo share 21 stickers in the ratio 6 : 1. How many more stickers does the one with the larger share get?
  4. Rosa and Kai share 72 cards in the ratio 5 : 4. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  5. Rosa and Dev share 180 pencils in the ratio 12 : 6. How many more pencils does the one with the larger share get?
  6. Chloe and Tara share 65 cards in the ratio 3 : 10. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  7. Lena and Elena share 136 stickers in the ratio 8 : 9. How many more stickers does the one with the larger share get?
  8. Omar and Dev share 140 cards in the ratio 9 : 5. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  9. Ben and Elena share 144 pencils in the ratio 11 : 13. How many more pencils does the one with the larger share get?
  10. Jamal and Mateo share 165 pencils in the ratio 12 : 3. How many more pencils does the one with the larger share get?
  11. Omar and Ben share 65 cards in the ratio 5 : 8. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  12. Isla and Jamal share 85 stickers in the ratio 14 : 3. How many more stickers does the one with the larger share get?
  13. Dev and Lena share 481 pencils in the ratio 18 : 19. How many more pencils does the one with the larger share get?
  14. Nia and Omar share 252 cards in the ratio 1 : 17. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  15. Hugo and Quinn share 240 marbles in the ratio 1 : 14. How many more marbles does the one with the larger share get?
  16. Elena and Priya share 168 cards in the ratio 13 : 11. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  17. Kai and Hugo share 1475 pencils in the ratio 30 : 29. How many more pencils does the one with the larger share get?
  18. Priya and Ben share 286 cards in the ratio 12 : 1. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  19. Grace and Nia share 58 cards in the ratio 6 : 23. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
  20. Nia and Ava share 294 cards in the ratio 19 : 2. How many more cards does the one with the larger share get?
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Answer key: Share a total in a ratio: the difference

  1. 20
  2. 15
  3. 15
  4. 8
  5. 60
  6. 35
  7. 8
  8. 40
  9. 12
  10. 99
  11. 15
  12. 55
  13. 13
  14. 224
  15. 208
  16. 14
  17. 25
  18. 242
  19. 34
  20. 238