1. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
In class 5 there are 2 girls for every 3 boys. There are 30 children in the class. How many boys are
there?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

2. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
In a box of 48 oranges 1 in every 6 oranges is rotten. How many rotten oranges are there?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

3. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
Sam mixes 1 tin of blue paint with 4 tins of white. He uses 15 tins of paint altogether. How many tins of blue paint does he use?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

4. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
To make play dough you need 2 cups of flour to every 1 cup of salt. How many cups of salt would you need if you
used 10 cups of
flour?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

5. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
At the swimming club there are 3 boys for every 4 girls. How many girls are there if there are 21 boys?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

6. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
John and Ken use the
telephone a lot. John makes 4
calls for every 6 that Ken
makes. They make 260 calls
altogether. How many calls do
John and Ken each make?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

7. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
A builder mixes one part of cement with four parts of
sand to make mortar. If he mixes up 100 kg altogether,
how much is cement?
How much is sand?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

8. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
Here is a pattern of squares
What is the proportion of white
squares in the whole pattern?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

9. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
In a box of sweets, there are 3 boiled sweets to every 2 mints.
If there are 25 sweets in the box altogether, how many of them are boiled sweets and how many are mints?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

10. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
When Harry plays darts he
misses the board 3 times to
every 5 times he hits it. One
evening, he throws 120
times. How many times
Does he hit the board?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

11. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
There are 7 milk chocolates to every 4 dark in a box of 33 chocolates. How many milk and dark chocolates are in the box ?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

12. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
To make Acifed plant fertiliser, you should mix 150ml of Acifed with every 4.5l of water. What is the ratio of Acifed to water?
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6

13. Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6
Answers
18 boys 8. ½
8 oranges boiled, 10 mints
3 tins hits
5 cups milk, 12 dark
28 girls :30
J – 104, K calls
20kg cement, 80kg sand
Word Problems (ratio & proportion) Year 6