Past Paper Worksheet Ratio and Proportion IGCSE Mathematics 0580

1. Divide $105 in the ratio 4 : 3. [2] 80/41/O/N/16 Q1(a)(i) 60 & 45

2. Ahmed and Babar share 240g of sweets in the ratio 7: 3.
Calculate the amount Ahmed receives. [2] 0580/23/M/J/15 Q1)168
3. Martha divides $240 between spending and saving in the ratio spending : saving = 7 : 8.
Calculate the amount Martha has for spending [2] 0580/23/O/N/11 Q1) 112
4. Amol and Priya deliver 645 parcels in the ratio Amol : Priya = 11 : 4.
Calculate the number of parcels Amol delivers. [1] 0580/42/F/M/19 Q1)(a) 473
5. Ahmed, Batuk and Chand share $1000 in the ratio 8:7: 5.
Calculate the amount each receives. [3] 0580/22/F/M/15 Q9 400 350 250
6. In 2015, the energy company divided its profits in the ratio
shareholders : bonuses : development = 5: 2 : 6. In 2015, its profits were $390 million.
Calculate the amount the company gave to shareholders. [2] 0580/41/M/J/17 Q1(d) 150 M
7. Ralf and Susie share $57 in the ratio 2 : 1.
(a) Calculate the amount Ralf receives. [2]
(b) Ralf gives $2 to Susie. Calculate the new ratio Ralf’s money : Susie’s money.
Give your answer in its simplest form. [2] 0580/22/O/N/16 Q12 (a) 38 (b) 12 : 7
8. (a) A school has 240 students.
The ratio girls : boys = 25 : 23.
(i) Show that the number of boys is 115. [1]
(ii) One day, there are 15 girls absent and 15 boys absent. Find the ratio girls : boys in school on this
day. Give your answer in its simplest form. [2] 0580/43/O/N/18 Q2)(a)(ii) 11 : 10
9. Alex has $20 and Bobbie has $25.
(i) Write down the ratio Alex’s money : Bobbie’s money in its simplest form. [1]
(ii) Alex and Bobbie each spend 1/5 of their money.
Find the ratio Alex’s remaining money : Bobbie’s remaining money in its simplest form. [1]
(iii) Alex and Bobbie then each spend $4. Find the new ratio Alex’s remaining money : Bobbie’s
remaining money in its simplest form. [2] 0580/42/O/N/17 Q1)(a)(i)4 : 5 (ii)4 : 5 (iii) 3 : 4
10. The Martinez family spends $150 in the ratio
fuel :meals : gifts = 11 : 16 : 3.
(i) Show that $15 is spent on gifts. [2]
(ii) The family buys two gifts.
The first gift costs $8.25. Find the ratio cost of first gift : cost of second gift.
Give your answer in its simplest form. [2] 0580/43/O/N/12 1(b) 11:9
11. A company makes compost by mixing loam, sand and coir in the following ratio.
Loam : sand : coir = 7 : 2 : 3
(i) How much loam is there in a 72 litre bag of the compost? [2]
(ii) In a small bag of the compost there are 13.5 litres of coir.
How much compost is in a small bag? [2] 0580/41/O/N/14 Q1)(a)(i)42 (ii) 54
12. A factory produces bird food made with sunflower seed, millet and maize.
(a) The amounts of sunflower seed, millet and maize are in the ratio
sunflower seed : millet :maize = 5 : 3 : 1 .
(i) How much millet is there in 15 kg of bird food? [2]

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 (ii) In a small bag of bird food there is 60 g of sunflower seed.
What is the mass of bird food in a small bag? [2] 0580/42/O/N/12 Q1(a)(i)5 (ii)108
13. In a cycling club, the number of members are in the ratio males : females = 8 : 3.
The club has 342 females.
(i) Find the total number of members. [2] 0580/43/O/N/19 Q1)(a)(i) 1254(ii)27.3
(ii) Find the percentage of the total number of members that are female. [1]

14. One day, the newspaper had 60 pages of news and advertisements.
The ratio of number of pages of news : number of pages of advertisements = 5 : 7.
(i) Calculate the number of pages of advertisements.[2] 0580/42/M/J/19 Q1(b)(i)35 (ii)140
(ii) Write the number of pages of advertisements as a percentage of the number of pages of news.
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15. The Smith family paid $5635 for a holiday in India. 0580/42/F/M/17 Q1)(a) 22.9
The total cost was divided in the ratio travel : accommodation : entertainment = 10 : 17 : 8.
(a) Calculate the percentage of the total cost spent on entertainment. [2]
(b) Show that the amount spent on accommodation was $2737. [2]
16. There are three types of tickets, economy, business and first class.
The price of these tickets is in the ratio economy : business : first class = 2 : 5 : 9.
(i) The price of a business ticket is $2350.
Calculate the price of a first class ticket. [2] 0580/42/M/J/16 Q1(b) (i) 4230 (ii)22.2
(ii) Work out the price of an economy ticket as a percentage of the price of a first class ticket. [1]
17. A football club sells tickets at different prices dependent on age group.
(i) At one game, the club sold tickets in the ratio
under 18 : 18 to 60 : over 60 = 2 : 7 : 3.
There were 6100 tickets sold for people aged under 18.
Calculate the total number of tickets sold for the game. [3]
(ii) Calculate the percentage of tickets sold for people aged under 18. [1]
0580/43/M/J/16 Q1(a) (i) 36 600 (ii) 16.7
18. The visitors to the campsite today are in the ratio
men : women = 5 : 4 and women : children = 3 : 7.
(i) Calculate the ratio men : women : children in its simplest form. [2]
(ii) Today there are 224 children at the campsite.
Calculate the total number of men and women. [3] 0580/43/M/J/20 Q1(c)(i) 15 : 12 : 28 (ii) 216
19. The people who work for the company are in the following age groups.

The ratio of the number in group A to the number in group B is 7 : 10.

The ratio of the number in group B to the number in group C is 4 : 3.
(i) Find the ratio of the number in group A to the number in group C.
Give your answer in its simplest form. [3] 0580/42/M/J/18 Q1)(d)(i) 14:15 (ii) 147

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 (ii) There are 45 people in group C.
Find the total number of people who work for the company. [3]
20. Ali and Mo share a sum of money in the ratio Ali : Mo = 9 : 7. 0580/41/O/N/19 Q2)(a) 2700,2100
Ali receives $600 more than Mo. Calculate how much each receive[3]
21. Alex and Chris share sweets in the ratio Alex : Chris = 7 : 3.
Alex receives 20 more sweets than Chris.
Work out the number of sweets Chris receives. [2] 0580/22/O/N/20 Q12) 15
22. The family visit two waterfalls, the Humboldt Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls. The ratio of the heights
Humboldt Falls : Bridal Veil Falls = 5 : 1. The Humboldt Falls are 220m higher than the Bridal Veil
Falls. Calculate the height of the Humboldt Falls. [2] 0580/42/O/N/18 Q1(a)(iii) 275
23. The library has DVDs on crime, adventure and science fiction.
The ratio crime : adventure : science fiction = 11 : 6 : 10.
The library has 384 more science fiction DVDs than adventure DVDs.
Calculate the number of crime DVDs the library has. [2] 0580/41/O/N/17 Q1(b) 1056
24. Arjun and Gretal each pay rent.
In 2018, the ratio of the amount each paid in rent was Arjun : Gretal = 5 : 7.
In 2019, the ratio of the amount each paid in rent was Arjun : Gretal = 9 : 13.
Arjun paid the same amount of rent in both 2018 and 2019.
Gretal paid $290 more rent in 2019 than she did in 2018.
Work out the amount Arjun paid in rent in 2019. 0580/41/M/J/20 Q1 (e) 6525
25. The fares for the train journey are shown in the table below

(i) For the standard fare, write the ratio adult fare : child fare in its simplest form. [1]
(ii) For an adult, find the percentage increase in the cost of the standard fare to the premier fare. [3]
(iii) For one journey from London to Marseille, the ratio
number of adults : number of children = 11 : 2. There were 220 adults in total on this journey. All of
the children and 70% of the adults paid the standard fare. The remaining adults paid the premier
fare. Calculate the total of the fares paid by the adults and the children. [5]
0580/43/M/J/19 Q1)(b)(i)7:5(ii)66.7(iii) 24 576
26. (a) The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5.
(i) Show that the triangle is right-angled. [1]
(ii) The length of the hypotenuse of the triangle is 12cm.
Use trigonometry to calculate the length of the shortest side of this triangle. [3]
(b) The sides of a different right-angled triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5.
(i) The length of the shortest side is 7.8cm. Calculate the length of the longest side. [2]
(ii) Calculate the smallest angle in this triangle. [3] 0580/43/O/N/17 Q1)(a)(ii)7.05(b)(i)13(ii) 36.9

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27. The download times for the music, films and books are in the ratio
music :films : books = 2 : 9 : 1.
The total download time is 3 hours and 33 minutes. Calculate the download time for the films.
Give your answer in hours, minutes and seconds. [3] 0580/42/O/N/14 Q1(b) 2h 39mins 45 secs
28. Noma flies from Johannesburg to Hong Kong.
Her plane leaves Johannesburg at 1845 and arrives in Hong Kong 13 hours and 25 minutes later.
The local time in Hong Kong is 6 hours ahead of the time in Johannesburg.
(a) At what time does Noma arrive in Hong Kong? [2]
(b) Noma sleeps for part of the journey. The time that she spends sleeping is given by the ratio
Sleeping : awake = 3:4 . Calculate how long Noma sleeps during the journey.
Give your answer in hours and minutes. [2]
0580/42/O/N/13 Q7) (a) 14 10 or 2 10 pm (b) 5 hours 45 minutes

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