Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM
Answers to Extended revision exercises: Number
Worksheet 21: Ratio, rate and proportion
1 (a) 188 km/h (b) 1.25 runs/min (c) $12.52 $/m
2 (a) 3 : 7 (b) 5 : 8 (c) 8 : 9 (d) 3 : 2
(e) 1 : 2 (f) 9 : 44 (g) 9 : 17 (h) 10 : 9
3 (a) 50 m (b) 300 m (c) 750 m
4 167 seconds or 2.78 minutes
5 stone = 21 wheelbarrows, cement = 7 wheelbarrows
6 1 cm : 90 km
7 (a) 12 (b) 2.4 (c) 21 (d) 0.16
8 625 : 144
9 (i)(a) 8 mm (b) 16 mm (c) 21 mm
Example diagram labelling:
NOT TO SCALE
(ii)
(a) 6 m (6000 mm acceptable)
(b) 12 m (12 000 mm acceptable)
(c) 15.75 m (15 750 mm acceptable)
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10 (a) 2 hours 40 mins (b) 2 hours 30 mins (c) 4 hours 26 mins 40 sec
(d) 1 hour 40 mins (e) 50 000 mins or 34 days 17 hours 20 mins
11 (a)
Price $1 $2 $5 $7.50 $10 $12 $15 $20 $25 $50
No of books 600 300 120 80 60 50 40 30 24 12
(b)
Graph showing the relationship between the price of
books and the number that can be bought for $600
12 (a) 192 (b) 300 (c) 168 (d) 200 (e) 137 (3sf)
13 (a) 53.3 (3sf) (b) 20 (c) 60 (d) 46.7 (3sf) (e) 48
14 (a) 280 cm2 (b) 1120 cm2 (c) 4 : 1
1 k
15 (a)(i) y x2 (ii) y = kx2 (b)(i) y (ii) y = (c)(i) m T (ii) m = kT
x2 x2
1 k
(d)(i) A (ii) A =
M M
16 (a) 1.5 (b) 15 (c) 8
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17 (a) 4k (b)
k
18 (a)(i) 200 m/min or 12 km/h (ii) 5 km/h (b) 4 km (c) 5 km
19 (a)(i) 0 km/h (ii) 3 km/h (iii) 8 km/h (iv) 2 km/h
(b) 10 until 10:20 the speed remains constant at 8 km/h
From 10:20 to 10:30 the speed drops uniformly to 2 km/h
(c)(i) 0.375 km (ii) 0.833 km (iii) 7.25 km
(d) 3.95 km/h
20 r = 3
21 8192
22 (a) F = 0.02125v2 (b) 200 m/s
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