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Edexcel GCSE Mathematics Ratio, proportion and rates of change overview quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Simplify the ratio 15:2515 : 25.

  2. Share £480£480 in the ratio 3:53 : 5. How much is the larger share?

  3. 44 pencils cost £1.20£1.20. What is the cost of 99 pencils?

  4. Increase £60£60 by 25%25\% using a multiplier.

  5. A jacket is reduced by 30%30\% in a sale to £42£42. What was the original price?

  6. £800£800 is invested at 5%5\% compound interest. What is its value after 22 years?

  7. A train travels 180km180\,\text{km} in 22 hours 1515 minutes. What is its average speed?

  8. An object has a mass of 360g360\,\text{g} and a volume of 45cm345\,\text{cm}^3. What is its density?

  9. yy is directly proportional to xx. When x=6x = 6, y=18y = 18. What is yy when x=10x = 10?

  10. yy is inversely proportional to xx. When x=4x = 4, y=9y = 9. What is yy when x=12x = 12?

  11. A car worth £16000£16000 depreciates by 10%10\% each year. What is its value after 22 years?

  12. On a distance-time graph, a straight section goes from (0,0)(0, 0) to (4,80)(4, 80), with distance in metres. What is the speed?

  13. The ratio of boys to girls in a club is 3:43 : 4. What fraction of the club are girls?

  14. Convert 20m/s20\,\text{m/s} into kilometres per hour.