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Solve part-to-part and part-to-whole ratio problems

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Use the ratio to find how many items one part stands for. Then multiply that by the number of parts the question asks about.

  1. In a jar, 2 out of every 3 marbles are red. There are 10 red marbles. How many marbles are not red?
  2. In a fruit bowl, 4 out of every 5 pieces of fruit are apples. There are 15 pieces of fruit in all. How many pieces of fruit are apples?
  3. In a bead box, 2 out of every 5 beads are blue. There are 20 beads in all. How many beads are blue?
  4. In a bookshelf, 2 out of every 5 books are fiction. There are 20 books in all. How many books are fiction?
  5. In a jar, 9 out of every 17 marbles are red. There are 45 red marbles. How many marbles are not red?
  6. In a garden, the ratio of tulips to daisies is 5:9. There are 154 flowers in all. How many daisies are there?
  7. In a sticker sheet, 9 out of every 10 stickers are gold. There are 70 stickers in all. How many stickers are gold?
  8. In a sticker sheet, 2 out of every 3 stickers are gold. There are 24 stickers in all. How many stickers are gold?
  9. In a garden, the ratio of tulips to daisies to roses is 9:9:4. There are 154 flowers in all. How many daisies are there?
  10. In a jar, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles to green marbles is 9:2:1. There are 96 marbles in all. How many blue marbles are there?
  11. In a pencil case, the ratio of black pens to blue pens to red pens is 5:4:8. There are 30 black pens. How many red pens are there?
  12. In a pencil case, the ratio of black pens to blue pens to red pens is 7:5:6. There are 216 pens in all. How many blue pens are there?
  13. In a fruit bowl, the ratio of apples to pears to plums is 6:11:1. There are 48 apples. How many pears are there?
  14. In a garden, the ratio of tulips to daisies to roses is 11:4:11. There are 416 flowers in all. How many tulips are there?
  15. In a sticker sheet, the ratio of gold stickers to silver stickers to green stickers is 9:10:9. There are 40 silver stickers. How many gold stickers are there?
  16. In a sticker sheet, 7 out of every 19 stickers are gold. There are 105 gold stickers. How many stickers are not gold?
  17. In a jar, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles to green marbles is 11:6:4. There are 120 blue marbles. How many green marbles are there?
  18. In a bookshelf, the ratio of fiction books to poetry books to comics is 11:8:5. There are 792 books in all. How many poetry books are there?
  19. In a jar, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles to green marbles is 1:10:4. There are 780 marbles in all. How many red marbles are there?
  20. In a sticker sheet, the ratio of gold stickers to silver stickers to green stickers is 1:11:9. There are 39 gold stickers. How many silver stickers are there?
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Answer key: Solve part-to-part and part-to-whole ratio problems

  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 8
  4. 8
  5. 40
  6. 99
  7. 63
  8. 16
  9. 63
  10. 16
  11. 48
  12. 60
  13. 88
  14. 176
  15. 36
  16. 180
  17. 80
  18. 264
  19. 52
  20. 429