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Practise simplifying ratios, sharing quantities and connecting ratios to fractions. Each example includes full working, with follow-on workouts and a teacher worksheet builder.

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A useful approach

  1. Convert quantities to the same units before simplifying their ratio.
  2. When sharing a total, add the ratio parts, find the value of one part, then multiply for each share.
  3. When one share is given, match it to its own number of parts before finding the total.

A mistake to watch for

The fraction represented by one share uses all the parts in its denominator. In a ratio a : b, the first share is a out of a + b parts.

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Writing and Simplifying Ratio · No calculator · 1 marks

Write down the ratio 20 : 35 in its simplest form.

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  1. The highest common factor of 20 and 35 is 5.
  2. 20 ÷ 5 = 4 and 35 ÷ 5 = 7.
  3. 20 : 35 = 4 : 7.
Answer: 4 : 7
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Writing and Simplifying Ratio · No calculator · 2 marks

Write down the ratio 45 cm : 1.5 m in its simplest form.

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  1. Convert to the same units: 1.5 m = 150 cm.
  2. The ratio is 45 : 150.
  3. The highest common factor of 45 and 150 is 15.
  4. 45 ÷ 15 = 3 and 150 ÷ 15 = 10, so the ratio is 3 : 10.
Answer: 3 : 10
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Ratio · Calculator allowed · 2 marks

In a gym class, the ratio of the number of men to the number of women is 4 : 5.

There are 20 men in the class.

Work out the total number of people in the class.

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  1. 4 parts represent 20 men, so 1 part = 20 ÷ 4 = 5 people.
  2. Women = 5 parts = 5 × 5 = 25.
  3. Total = 20 + 25 = 45 people.
Answer: 45
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Use this as a classroom starter

A bar model can help pupils explain what one part represents. Ask them to label the total and the separate shares before doing arithmetic.

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