Calculating ratio and proportion

Practice Questions

GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › Calculating ratio and proportion

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On a map, one and a half inches represents sixty actual miles. In terms of , what distance in actual miles is represented by inches on the map?

2

A furlong is a measure of length used in horse racing. Eight furlongs are equal to one mile.

Express 20 furlongs in feet.

3

A clothing store is having a sales for the holiday season. They mark down all items by . What is the sales price of a suit whose original price is ?

4

The annual budget for a road construction project is $25,200 budgeted equally over 12 months. If by the end of the third month the actual expenses have been $7,420, how much has the construction project gone over budget?

5

Nishita has necklaces, bracelets, and rings in a ratio of 7:5:4. If she has 64 jewelry items total, how many bracelets does she have?

6

127 people signed up for a subscription service. 45 signed up for weekly deliveries, 34 for monthly deliveries, and the rest for annual deliveries. What is the ratio of weekly subscribers to annual subscribers?

7

Company sells liters of soda for , and Company sells liters of soda for .

If the amount of soda sold per dollar is the same for each company, what is ?

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The ratio \dpi{100} \small 3 to \dpi{100} \small \frac{1}{2} is equal to the ratio:

9

The ratio 4 to \frac{1}{4} is equal to which of the following ratios?

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In a certain classroom all of the students are either sophomores or juniors. The number of boys and girls in the classroom are equal. Of the girls, are sophomores, and there are 24 junior boys. If the number of junior boys in the classroom are in the same proportion to the total amount of boys as the number of sophomore girls are to the total number of girls, how many students are in the classroom?

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