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D grade — H Sewer
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Edexcel GCSE
Mathematics (Linear) — 1MA0
RATIO
‘Materials required for examination _Items included with question papers
Ruler graduated in centimetres and Nil
rillimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser.
“Tracing paper may bo used,
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided — there may be mote space than you need.
Calculators may be used.
Information
‘The marks for each question are shown in brackets ~ use this as a guide as to how much time to
spend on each question,
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication
will be assessed — you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation
and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it
Keep an eye on the time.
‘Try to answer every question
Check your answers if you have time at the end.1. Apiece of wood is of length 45 em.
‘The length is divided in the ratio 7 : 2
Work out the length of each part
T4+2 = 4 Shares
[share is 4939 = Scm
T parts = Sx7- 35cm.
2 parts ~ Sx2 = lO0Ccw
@ marks)
2. Alex and Ben were given a total of £240
‘They shared the money in the ratio 5 : 7
Work out how much money Ben received.
Alex + Bew
5 4Ft
S+T = 12 Shares
[Shave te worty 240 12> 20
fen gets ox T= £ 140
c..£€0
(3 marks)3. Ken and Susan share £20 in the ratio 1 : 3
Work out how much money each person gets.
KCew + Yvsaw
( 73
(43 = 4 Shares
[shave Loz4=5
Kenr 1x5
Sosaw 23x S
@ marks)
4, Melissa is 13 years old.
Becky is 12 years old.
Daniel is 10 years old,
0080
Melissa, Becky and Daniel share £28 in the ratio of their ages.
Becky gives a third of her share to her mother. 35| 2800
How much should Becky now have?
Melissa Becky Daniel
Tyee eee ca LO
Total shores = 35
[share = 2800)% 35 = BO pence
Bechys = [2 = 9160p = £4.60
Mother = : bof £4.60 =€3,20
Lo is left = | 4.60 ~ 3-20 Eob 40
6°40 (Total 4 marks)5. Amy, Beth and Colin share 36 sweets in the ratio 2: 3:4
Work out the number of sweets that each of them receives.
Téhal Shares = 24344 = 1 Shans
ighare is worth = 3649 = 4 sweets
how 2x4 =8
Bet, 3x4 =12
Uy 4x4 =!6
sweets
Amy...
Bet sweets
Cola... 1... sweets
G marks)
6. A shop sells CDs and DVDs.
In one week the number of CDs sold and the number of DVDs sold were in the ratio 3:5
‘The total number of CDs and DVDs sold in the week was 728
Work out the number of CDs sold.
CDs = DVDs
345
ZtS = B shares
\share & t2S28 = 41
Cdy = 3X41 = 273
243 CDs
” @ marks)1.
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The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 2:3
(2) What fraction of these students are boys?
2+3=5
ae 2
In Year 8 the ratio of girls to boys is 1:3
There are 300 students in Year 8.
(b) Work out the number of girls in Year 8.
i+3 = 4 parts
300 54 = #58
Givls 1x 75
@)
(5 marks)
Ann and Bob shared £240 in the ratio 3: S
Ann gave a half of her share to Colin,
Bob gave a tenth of his share to Colin.
‘What fraction of the £240 did Colin receive?
Aun « Bob
e235
Total shaves = 345 283
\ Shave = 24028230
Ann ges = 2x30 = qo
Bolo aes + SX 80 = 150
ated ty 150
Colm gets: 5x40 + *Y
AS 415 = 60
£60
( marks)9, Peter won £75 as a prize.
He gave 4/5 of the prize money as a present to Roger and Bethan,
Roger and Bethan shared the present in the ratio 2:3,
Work out how much they each got.
athe present Us worthy 4x 78 =4xI5 +60
Hes Roger 2 Bethan share £Go in the aho
223
Go 4 5=12
(4 marks)
10. Rosa prepares the ingredients for pizzas.
She uses cheese, topping and dough in the ratio 2:3 : 5
Rose uses 70 grams of dough.
Work out the number of grams of cheese and the number of grams of topping Rosa uses,
Cheese oe Penge
14 cs @ @ ° @"
Cheese ..
Topping wnt teense 8
(Total 3 marks)11. 5 schools sent some students to a conference.
One of the schools sent both boys and girls.
This school sent 16 boys.
The ratio of the number of boys it sent to the number of girls it sent was 1 : 2
The other 4 schools sent only girls.
Each of the 5 schools sent the same number of students, <<
‘Work out the total number of students sent to the conference by these 5 schools.
One School 4 schools
Ba Vv
\ox { 3) 16 Girls
ee EB XA) Total for Aschorts
Total seut =
432248 | Sschook: 4exa rae = (2448
48 stiidenks momen on AO, Stidemls
(4 marks)
12, Pat and Julie share some money in the ratio 2 : 5
Julie gets £45 more than Pat. Tolie = Pat 445
How much money did Pat get? Ss M= XM +45
T T
M [inoney) aM. 48
7 7
L Tolie - BM= TH4S
Pak a t Ma L48
ashares SShares 3 £108
ed _ 5H!
tshares Ma 1x)
M = tshares Pat: 2M= % x05 = Ax1S
(Share = S =
‘1 (4 marks)
Tule» BN xs13. Last year Kerry's take home pay was £15 000
She spent 40% of her take home pay on rent.
She used the rest of her take home pay for living expenses, clothes and entertainment in the ratio 3
1:2
How much did Kerry spend on entertainment last year?
Rent = 40 ,. [5000 = 40x150 = 6000
loo 7
Rest = /5000~ 6000 =Jooo ene
x
Brlt2= SShares wort Tomo
Ishare = Tov ¢6= 1500
‘Cn
>
8
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¥14,Talil is going to make some concrete mix.
He needs to mix cement, sand and gravel inthe ratio 1:3:Sby weight (+3 +5= 7 ‘parts
Talil wants to make 180 kg of concrete mix. I part = 180249=20 keg #
ihe Cements 1X LO
Gis of coment) 180lq? Sand = 3X20 60 9
85 kg of sand A a
100 kg of gravel mix ( Gre = Sx20 = looleg .
Does Talil have enough cement, sand and gravel to make the concrete mix?
Enough Sand anol Grarel but NOT enough cemené
@ marks)
15, Tim has only Sp coins and 10p coins.
‘The ratio of the number of 5p coins to the number of 10p coins is 2 : 3
Work out the ratio of
the total value of the Sp coins : the total value of the 10p coins,
(Give your answer in its simplest form.
y axds
(0
(
30
30
3
(4 marks)