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Understand the Ratio of 2:3

In this worksheet, students will answer questions related to the 2:3 ratio.

'Understand the Ratio of 2:3 ' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Ratio and Proportion

Curriculum subtopic:   Solve Ratio Problems

Popular topics:   Ratio worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

This activity is about the ratio 2:3

 

Example

 

Josh 
car car
car car

Josh

                 

Jaz 
car car car
car car car

Jaz


The ratio 2:3 can be written as follows:

 

For every 2 cars Josh has, Jaz has 3.

For every 4 cars Josh has, Jaz has 6.

 


Example

For every __?__ cars Josh has, Jaz has 24.

 

Answer

We need to work out how many groups of the ratio 2:3 we are dealing with.

In each group, Jaz has 3 cars.  So the number of groups is 24 ÷ 3 = 8.

In each group, Josh has 2 cars.  So in 8 groups, Josh will have 8 x 2 = 16 cars.

The answer is 16.

 

Or we could do it this way:

We have to do the same thing to both sides of the ratio.

We have the ratio 2:3

We multiplied the 3 by 8 to get 24

So, we have to multiply the 2 by 8 to get 16.

 

Let's try some questions using either of these methods to find the answer.

 

girl thinking

 

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