Partitive Proportion Word Problems
Name: _____________________________
Date: _________ WCE : ___________
1. In a class of 40, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. How many are girls? How many are boys?
2. The ratio of the three sides of a triangle is 1:2:3. what are the measurements of each side if the perimeter of
the triangle is 120cm?
3. The sum of $500 is divided among three girls, Liz, Beth and Tess in a ratio 2:3:5. What is the share of each
girl? Who gets the biggest share?
4. The total weight of Santino, Rico and Bong is 112 kg. Their weights are in the ratio 3:1:4. What is Santino’s
weight? How much heavier is Bong than Rico?
5. A sum of money is to be shared in the ratio 3:5:7. if the smallest share is $9, what are the other two shares?
How much money is shared?
6. Miss Vivian cuts a roll of ribbon into three pieces X,Y and Z in the ratio 4:2:1. The length of the longest piece
is 28m. Find the lengths of Y and Z.
7. Ronald draws three lines in different colors, red, yellow and green. Their lengths are in the ratio 1:3:5. the
yellow line is 18cm long. How long is the green line? How long is the red line?
8. An 80-meter rope is cut into 2 pieces given the ratio of 5:15. how long is the shorter rope? the longer rope?
9. Jodi filled three containers, A,B, and C with orange juice in the ratio 2:3:4. If the total amount of orange juice
is 36L, find the capacity of the three containers.
10. The ratio of the sides of a triangle is 4:6:8. If the perimeter of the triangle is 90 centimeters, what is the
length of each side?