WORKSHEET 8

1. Complete the following table.

Ratio of x to y Value of x Value of y

4:5 16
40
3:8
21
9:3

7:5 49

2:9 10
110
5:11

6:7 48

2. Given that 2AP = 3PQ, complete the following table.

𝐴𝑃 =

𝑃𝑄 =

𝐴𝑃
=
𝑃𝑄

𝑃𝑄
=
𝐴𝑃

3. Divide 8000 in the ratio 3:5.

4. Divide 35000 in the ratio 2:2:3.

5. x : 6 = 9 : 15. Find x.

6. 15 : 2 = x : 3. Find x.
7. In Diagram 1, point A, B, C and D are placed in that order on the line AD.

Diagram 1

Complete the following table based on the given information respectively.

a) Given AC : CD = 3:1. If AB = 2 cm BC = CD =

b) Given AB : BD = 1:5. If BC = 8 cm AB = CD =

c) Given AD : AB = 4:1. If AC = 6 cm BC = BD =

d) Given AC = 2CD. If BC = 4 cm BD = AB =

e) 1 CD = AB =
Given 𝐵𝐶 = 3 𝐵𝐷. If BC = 2 cm

8. Points P, Q, R and S are placed in that order on a line so that PQ = 2QR = RS.
Express QS as a fraction of PS.
9. The ratio of the numbers of orange flowers to pink flowers in a garden is 6:11. There
are 144 orange flowers. How many pink flowers are there?
10. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 6:5:7. Find the sizes of the three angles.
11. Aiman, Badrul and Danial share an amount of money in the ratio 2:3:7. If Badrul
receives RM 2 more than Aiman, how much does Danial obtain?
12. An alloy consists of copper, zinc and tin in the ratio 1:3:4 (by weight). If there is 10g
of copper in the alloy, find the weights of zinc and tin.
13. In a bag, the ratio of red beads to white beads to green beads is 7:2:1. If there are 56
red beads, how many white beads and how many green beads are there?
14.

A plank is placed straight up stairs that are 20 cm wide and 12 cm deep. Find x, where
x cm is the width of the widest rectangular box of height 8 cm that can be placed on a
stair under the plank.
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1. In a bag, the ratio of red beads to white beads to green beads is 7:2:1. If there are 56
red beads, how many white beads and how many green beads are there?
2. On a map, the length of a road is represented by 45 mm. If the scale is 1: 125000, find
the actual length of the road.
3. RM 5200 was divided between a father and son in the ratio 8:5. Find the difference
between the sums they received.
4. If the radius of a circle is increased by 2 units, find the ratio of the new circumference
to the new diameter.
5. In a class of 30 students the ratio of boys to girls is 2:3. If the 6 boys join the class,
find the new ratio of boys to girls in the class.
6. If a:b = 3:4 and a:(b+c)=2:5, find the ratio a:c.
7. The scale of a map reads 1:250000. Find the distance, in kilometres, between 2 towns
which are 3.5 cm apart on the map.
8. Calculate area of rectangle whose sides are in ratio 1:7 and perimeter is 735.
9. The sides of two cubes are in the ratio 2:1. What is the ratio of their volumes?
10. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 3:4. What is the ratio of their volumes?
11. Cylinder P has a radius of 1m and 4m height. Cylinder Q has radius 2m and height
4m. Find the ratio of the volume of cylinder P to the volume of cylinder Q.
12. The areas of two similar triangles are 16 and 25. What is the ratio of a pair of
corresponding sides?
13. The ratio of the exterior angle to the interior angle is 2:7. How many sides the
polygon have?
14.

Give the reason for triangle ABC being similar to triangle AXY.
Thus, find the value of x.
 WORKSHEET 9

EXERCISE: Rates Problems (Speed, Distance & Time)

1. If a car travels 400 m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

2. If you move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?
3. You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving Biology class which is 90 meters
away. How fast did you travel?
4. A plane travels 395000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?
5. It takes Yusuf 0.25 hours to drive to school. His route is 16 km long. What is Yusuf’s
average speed on his drive to school?
6. How long will it take for a bug to travel 5 meters across the floor if it is travelling at
1 ms-1?
7. You need to get to class, 200 meters away, and you can only walk in the hallway at
1.5 ms-1. How much time will it take to get to your class?
8. In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in
flight, the disk travelled at an average speed of 13 ms-1. How long did the disk remain
in the air?
9. A vehicle travels 24 km with a constant speed of 65 kmh-1 and another 50 km with a
constant speed of 80 kmh-1. What was its average speed?
10. Johan travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 kmh-1 speed and the remaining 5
hours at 24 kmh-1 speed. What is the average speed of Johan's travel?
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1. A car travels along four sides of a square at speeds of 200 km/h, 400 km/h, 600 km/h
and 800 km/h. Find average speed.
2. A man is running at the speed of 36 kmh-1. How many meter does he cover in 40
seconds?
3. A taxi hurries with a constant speed of 84 kmh-1. How far can it travel in 5 hours?
4. A car travels for 1.5 hours with a constant speed of 65 kmh-1 and then travels for 45
minutes with a constant speed of 80 kmh-1. What distance did the vehicle cover?
5. A train traveling at 72 kmh-1 crosses a platform in 30 seconds. What is the length of
the platform in meters?
6. A train traveling at 100 kmh-1 overtakes a motorbike traveling at 64 kmh-1 in 40
seconds. What is the length of the train in meters?
7. Ahmad runs 25% faster than Bahari and is able to allow Bahari a lead of 7 meters to
end a race in dead heat. What is the length of the race?
8. Fazli cycled from his home to town at 25 kmh-1 and came back at 4 kmh-1. If the
whole journey took 5 hours 48 min, find the distance from his home to the town.
9. Two men start from opposite ends A and B of a linear track respectively and meet at
point 60 m from A. If AB = 100 m, find the ratio of the speed of both men.
10. A bus covered a distance of 250 km, partly at an average speed of 40 kmh-1 and partly
at 60 kmh-1. If the total time taken is 5 hours, then the distance covered at 40 kmh-1 is