R5 divide a given quantity into two parts in a given part Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Maths, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. What is the first step when dividing a quantity in a given ratio?

   • Find the difference
   • Find total parts
   • Square the ratio
   • Multiply the numbers

2. In a part:whole ratio 2:5, the whole is made up of

   • 2 parts
   • 3 parts
   • 5 parts
   • 7 parts

3. Splitting 80 in the ratio 1:3, the smaller part is

   • 27
   • 20
   • 60
   • 40

4. What fractional shares does the ratio 2:3 divide a total into?

   • 1/2 and 1/3
   • 2/3 and 3/2
   • 1/5 and 4/5
   • 2/5 and 3/5

5. To convert a part-to-part ratio into a part-to-whole ratio, what must you do with the parts?

   • divide the parts
   • multiply the parts
   • subtract the parts
   • add the parts

6. Dividing 100 in the ratio 1:4, the larger part is

   • 80
   • 25
   • 400
   • 20

7. Scaling the ratio 2:3 to a total of 15, each part is worth

   • 7.5 units
   • 3 units
   • 2 units
   • 5 units

8. In the ratio 3:5, the difference between the parts is

   • 8
   • 15
   • 1
   • 2

9. Dividing £60 in the ratio 2:3 gives

   • £24 and £36
   • £20 and £40
   • £12 and £48
   • £30 and £30

10. Dividing 84 in the ratio 3:4 gives

    • 42 and 42
    • 36 and 48
    • 28 and 56
    • 21 and 63

11. Dividing 120 g in the ratio 1:5 gives

    • 24 g and 96 g
    • 20 g and 100 g
    • 40 g and 80 g
    • 30 g and 90 g

12. A quantity of 40 is split so that a part is in the ratio 2:5 to the whole. The part is

    • 8
    • 24
    • 10
    • 16

13. 35 sweets are split red to blue in the ratio 3:2. The number of blue sweets is

    • 21
    • 7
    • 14
    • 15

14. £250 is shared between two people in the ratio 3:2. The larger share is

    • £200
    • £150
    • £125
    • £100

15. A part:whole ratio of 3:8 applied to £400 gives

    • £150
    • £120
    • £200
    • £50

16. A mixture has juice to water in the ratio 1:4 and totals 2 litres. The juice is

    • 0.2 litres
    • 1.6 litres
    • 0.4 litres
    • 0.5 litres

17. 91 is divided in the ratio 3:4:6. The largest share is

    • 39
    • 42
    • 21
    • 28

18. Two amounts in the ratio 5:3 total 96. The smaller amount is

    • 36
    • 48
    • 32
    • 60

19. Two parts in the ratio 4:7 differ by 21. The total is

    • 35
    • 77
    • 49
    • 105

20. Amounts A:B = 3:5 and B is £20 more than A. The total is

    • £50
    • £60
    • £80
    • £100

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