GRADE 8 MATHS
Topic: RATIO & RATE and VAT
Name:
Show appropriate working on this assignment. You are free to use a calculator. Round off
answers to 2 decimal places when necessary.
Question 4
Remember with RATIOS the ORDER
MATTERS
Simplify the following ratios.
Eg. 6 : 15 = 2 : 5
Question 1
Write a numerical ratio for sheep to cows
below.
(a) 18 : 20
(1)
Question 5
Choose the correct answer. A mixed baseball
team has 4 boys and 8 girls. The simplest
ratio of girls to team members is:
A3:2
B8:4
C4:8
D2:3
(1)
Question 6
Tom and James wants to split R120 into a ratio
of 1 : 2. How much do each get?
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Question 2
A classroom has 15 girls and 11 boys.
(a) Find the ratio of girls to boys.
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(b) Find the ratio of girls to the total number
of students in the class.
Question 7
A box of chocolates contains hard-centred and
soft-centred chocolates in the ratio 3 : 7. If
there are 50 chocolates in the box, how many
are hard-centred and how many are softcentred?
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Question 3
Choose the correct answer.
A soccer team has 4 boys and 7 girls. The
ratio of boys to girls is:
A4:7
B 11 : 4
C 4 : 11
D7:4
E 11 : 7
Hard-Centred
1
Soft-Centre___________1
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Question 8
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Complete the following table:
Percentage
(10)
Fraction
Simplified
20%
1_
4
30%
70
100
4%
Question 9
a. A washing machine costs R4 500
inclusive of VAT. Calculate how much
VAT was paid on the machine.
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b. How much will the machine be if VAT
was not included?
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