Edexcel IGCSE Math A Foundation 1.7 E Word Problems About Ratio and Proportion Questions

Practise translating recipes, sharing, scale diagrams and linked quantities into ratios or proportional calculations.

Syllabus
First assessment 2018
Course
Math A 4MA1
Level
Foundation

Exam points

  • scale recipes or ingredient lists and identify the limiting quantity
  • divide a total in a stated ratio before applying fractions or percentages
  • combine linked ratios or proportional statements to find an unknown amount

Edexcel IGCSE Math A Foundation 1.7 E Word Problems About Ratio and Proportion Questions question 1

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Jess makes salad dressing by mixing lemon juice and olive oil in the ratio 2: 5 by volume. She uses 0.5 litres of lemon juice.

Salad dressing is made by mixing lemon juice and olive oil in the ratio 2: 5 by volume.
The cost of lemon juice is $ 13.50 per litre.
The cost of olive oil is $ 18 per litre.

Work out the ratio
cost of lemon juice in the salad dressing : cost of olive oil in the salad dressing Give your ratio in its simplest form.

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