L2-11 Understand and calculate using ratios, direct proportion and inverse proportion Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Maths, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Simplify the ratio 12:18.

   • 4:6
   • 3:4
   • 6:9
   • 2:3

2. Share £60 in the ratio 2:3. What is the larger share?

   • £30
   • £24
   • £36
   • £40

3. A recipe uses 4 eggs to 200 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 6 eggs?

   • 240 g
   • 320 g
   • 300 g
   • 400 g

4. 5 pens cost £7.50. What is the cost of 8 pens at the same price per pen?

   • £10
   • £11.50
   • £13
   • £12

5. 4 workers take 12 days to finish a job. How many days would 8 workers take, if the work rate is the same?

   • 3 days
   • 8 days
   • 24 days
   • 6 days

6. What happens in direct proportion when one quantity increases?

   • stays constant
   • other increases
   • other decreases
   • becomes zero

7. What happens to the second quantity in inverse proportion when the first doubles?

   • It doubles
   • It halves
   • It stays the same
   • It quadruples

8. A ratio of 3:5 has a total of 40. What is the smaller part?

   • 25
   • 8
   • 15
   • 24

9. A map scale is 1:50 000. What real distance does 4 cm on the map represent?

   • 2 km
   • 200 m
   • 20 km
   • 0.2 km

10. The ratio of boys to girls is 3:4 in a group of 28 pupils. How many boys are there?

    • 21
    • 16
    • 9
    • 12

11. A paint mix is 1 part blue to 3 parts white. If 2 litres of blue is used, how much white is needed?

    • 6 litres
    • 2 litres
    • 5 litres
    • 8 litres

12. 3 machines make 360 items in 2 hours. How many items does one machine make each hour?

    • 120
    • 30
    • 60
    • 90

13. 12 apples cost £2.88. What is the cost of 5 apples at the same price?

    • £1.20
    • £2.40
    • £1.25
    • £1.44

14. The ratio 5:2 is equal to a:10. What is a?

    • 4
    • 12.5
    • 20
    • 25

15. Time taken is inversely proportional to speed. At 60 km/h a journey takes 2 hours. What speed would make it take 3 hours?

    • 30 km/h
    • 40 km/h
    • 120 km/h
    • 90 km/h

16. Three quantities are in the ratio 2:3:5 and sum to 100. What is the largest part?

    • 30
    • 20
    • 10
    • 50

17. 6 items cost £9.60. What is the cost of 15 items at the same rate?

    • £22.50
    • £25.60
    • £24
    • £26

18. 15 people pick fruit in 8 days. How many days would 20 people take, working at the same rate?

    • 10 days
    • 8 days
    • 6 days
    • 4 days

19. A ratio of 3:7 has a difference of 20 between the parts. What is the larger part?

    • 15
    • 49
    • 35
    • 28

20. Which pair of variables is in direct proportion?

    • distance and time
    • age and height
    • weight and height
    • speed and time

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