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Ratios & Proportions Quiz

Sharing, scaling, and comparing quantities — master ratios and proportional reasoning!

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About the Ratios & Proportions Quiz

The Ratios & Proportions Quiz is a free medium-level Math quiz featuring 20 multiple-choice questions. Sharing, scaling, and comparing quantities — master ratios and proportional reasoning! Each question comes with a 25-second countdown timer and instant explanations after every answer so you can learn as you play. This quiz is completely free on GoKwiz — no account or sign up required.

Ratios & Proportions Quiz — Practice Questions

1. Simplify the ratio 12:8.

  1. 2:3
  2. 3:2
  3. 4:3
  4. 6:4

2. Share £60 in the ratio 2:3.

  1. £12 and £18
  2. £20 and £40
  3. £24 and £36
  4. £30 and £30

3. If a map scale is 1:50,000, what does 2 cm on the map represent in real life?

  1. 1 km
  2. 2 km
  3. 50 m
  4. 500 m

4. A recipe uses flour and sugar in the ratio 5:2. If you use 200g of sugar, how much flour do you need?

  1. 100g
  2. 400g
  3. 500g
  4. 80g

5. Are these ratios equivalent? 3:4 and 9:12

  1. Cannot tell
  2. No
  3. Only if the units are the same
  4. Yes

6. If 5 apples cost £2.50, how much do 8 apples cost?

  1. £3.00
  2. £3.50
  3. £4.00
  4. £4.50

7. Simplify the ratio 15:25:35.

  1. 1:2:3
  2. 3:5:7
  3. 5:7:9
  4. 5:8:10

8. If 3 workers take 12 days to complete a job, how many days would 9 workers take?

  1. 2 days
  2. 3 days
  3. 4 days
  4. 6 days

9. What is the ratio of vowels to consonants in the word EDUCATION?

  1. 3:6
  2. 4:5
  3. 5:4
  4. 6:3

10. A car travels 240 km in 3 hours. At the same speed, how far will it travel in 5 hours?

  1. 300 km
  2. 360 km
  3. 400 km
  4. 480 km

11. Three friends share a prize of £900 in the ratio 1:2:3. What is the largest share?

  1. £150
  2. £300
  3. £450
  4. £600

12. If y is directly proportional to x, and y=20 when x=4, what is y when x=7?

  1. 28
  2. 35
  3. 40
  4. 56

13. What is 3/5 written as a ratio?

  1. 3:5
  2. 3:8
  3. 5:3
  4. 5:8

14. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:4. There are 21 boys. How many students in total?

  1. 28
  2. 35
  3. 42
  4. 49

15. If x:y = 2:5 and y = 35, find x.

  1. 10
  2. 14
  3. 7
  4. 70

16. A scale drawing uses 1 cm to represent 5 m. A wall is 9 cm on the drawing. How long is the real wall?

  1. 14 m
  2. 45 m
  3. 50 m
  4. 9 m

17. Increase £80 in the ratio 5:4.

  1. £100
  2. £160
  3. £200
  4. £64

18. If it takes 6 hours to fill a tank with 4 pipes, how long with 8 pipes?

  1. 1.5 hours
  2. 12 hours
  3. 2 hours
  4. 3 hours

19. Write 40% as a ratio in simplest form.

  1. 2:3
  2. 2:5
  3. 4:10
  4. 40:100

20. Gold alloy contains gold and silver in the ratio 7:3. How much gold is in 500g of the alloy?

  1. 150g
  2. 200g
  3. 300g
  4. 350g

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