Exercise:

1. Find the value of x

x : y = 2 : 3 and x + y = 20

2. Given a : b = 2 : 11 and b a = 54, find the value of a + b

3. Given m : n = 7 : 10 and n m = 30, find the value of m + n.

4. In a class, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 5 : 3. If

there are 30 girls, how many boys are there in the class?

28 cm
5.
A

The diagram shows a straight line ABC. Given that AB : BC is 9 : 5, find

(i)
the length of AB
( ii ) the length of AC : BC

6. The number of blue marbles and yellow marbles in a box are in the ratio 5 : 9
. If there are 8 more yellow marbles than blue marbles, find the total number
of marbles in the box.