Example 1
The ratio of Peter’s saving to Mary’s savings was 6 ∶ 5 at first. When they each received
$18 from their parents, the ratio of Peter’s savings to Mary’s savings became 15 ∶ 13. What
was Mary’s savings at first?
Practice 1
Sam and Ted had marbles in the ratio of 4 ∶ 3 at first. After Sam gained 29 marbles and Ted
lost 16 marbles, the ratio of the number of marbles they had became 3 ∶ 2. What was the
number of marbles Sam had at first?
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Practice 2
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A whole number 𝑛 is subtracted from the numerator of . At the same time, 𝑛 is added to
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its denominator, and the fraction now becomes in its simplest form. What is the value of
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𝑛?
Example 2
Car 𝐴 takes 4 hours to travel from Town 𝑋 to Town 𝑌. Car 𝐵 takes 3 hours to travel from
Town 𝑌 to Town 𝑋 along the same route. They pass each other 15 km from the midpoint
between Town 𝑋 and Town 𝑌. What is the distance between the 2 towns?
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Practice 3
Car 𝐴 takes 4 hours to travel from Town 𝑋 to Town 𝑌. Car 𝐵 takes 5 hours to travel from
Town 𝑌 to Town 𝑋 along the same route. They pass each other 23 km from the midpoint
between Town 𝑋 and Town 𝑌. What is the difference in speed between the 2 cars?
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Practice 4
Car 𝐴 was travelling from Town 𝑋 and Town 𝑌 at a speed of 40 km/h. At the same time,
Car 𝐵 was travelling from Town 𝑌 to Town 𝑋 at a speed of 60 km/h. Car 𝐴 reached Town 𝑌
4.5 hours after the cars passed each other. Find the distance between Town 𝑋 and Town
𝑌.
Practice 5
A piggybank contains some 20¢ coins and 50¢ coins. The total value of the coins is $57.60.
The number of 20¢ coins is 60% of the total number of coins. Find the number of 50¢ coins.
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Example 3
A group of children riding on bicycles and tricycles rode past Billy’s house. Billy counted 33
children and 71 wheels. How many tricycles were there?
Practice 6
Each student in Class 𝐴 bought 17 notebooks. Each student in Class 𝐵 bought 13
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notebooks. The number of students in Class 𝐵 is of that in Class 𝐴. If the students in Class
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𝐵 bought 126 notebooks more, find the number of students in Class 𝐵.
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Practice 7
A cineplex sells 3 types of tickets; $5, $8 and $10. A total of 180 tickets were sold. The ratio
of the number of $8 tickets and $10 tickets was 1 ∶ 1. How many $5 tickets were sold if the
total collection was $1140?
Example 4
A shop imported some 1000 kg of apples. Some of the apples were rotten. The good ones
were sold at a profit of 40%. The rotten ones were sold at a discount of 60%. The overall
profit was 32%. How many kilograms of apples were rotten?
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Practice 8
The water content of 100 kg of fruits in a warehouse was 90% at first. A week later, the
water content became 80% due to evaporation. What is the weight of the fruits now?
Practice 9
Madam Chan has enough money to buy 4 kg of peaches. She could also buy 6 kg of
apples or 12 kg of oranges with the same amount of money. If she wants to buy oranges,
apples and peaches such that the weights of all three fruits are equal, how many
kilograms of each fruit could she buy?
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Example 5
2 identical right-angled isosceles triangles overlap as shown. 𝐴𝐵 = 9 cm, 𝐹𝐶 = 3 cm. Find
the ratio of the area of the shaded region to the area of the figure.
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Practice 10
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𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐷𝐸𝐹 and 𝐺𝐻𝐼 are equilateral triangles. 𝐷 lies " of the way along 𝐴𝐵, 𝐸 lies " of the
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way along 𝐵𝐶, and 𝐹 lies " of the way along 𝐶𝐴. Similarly, 𝐺 lies " of the way along 𝐷𝐸, 𝐻
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lies " of the way along 𝐸𝐹 and 𝐼 lies " of the way along 𝐹𝐷. What is the ratio of the area of
triangle 𝐺𝐻𝐼 to the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶?
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Try These!
1. Box 𝐴 contains 300 black beads and 250 red beads. Box 𝐵 contains 300 black beads
and 400 red beads. How many black beads and red beads must be transferred from
Box 𝐵 to Box 𝐴, so that the number of black beads in Box 𝐴 is 50% of the total number
of beads in Box 𝐴, and the number of red beads in Box 𝐵 is 60% of the total number
of beads in the Box 𝐵?
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2. Mr Wang traded his shares of 𝐴 and 𝐵. The selling price of share 𝐴 was $1200 and he
made a profit of 20%. Share 𝐵 was also sold at $1200 but at loss of 20%. Did he make
or lose in these trades?
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