Samacheer Kalvi 6th Maths Solutions Term 1 Chapter 3 Ratio and Proportion Ex 3.2

Samacheer Kalvi 6th Maths Solutions Term 1 Chapter 3 Ratio and Proportion Ex 3.2

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 6th Maths Solutions Term 1 Chapter 3 Ratio and Proportion Ex 3.2

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks of the given equivalent ratios.
(i) 3 : 5 = 9 : ___
(ii) 4 : 5 = ___ : 10
(iii) 6 : ____ = 1 : 2

Question 3.
Say True or False.
(i) 5 : 7 is equivalent to 21 : 15.
(ii) If 40 is divided in the ratio 3 : 2, then the larger part is 24.
Solution:
(i) False
(ii) True

Question 4.
Give two equivalent ratios for each of the following.
(i) 3 : 2
(ii) 1 : 6
(iii) 5 : 4
Solution:

Question 5.
Which of the two ratios is larger?
(i) 4 : 5 or 8 : 15
(ii) 3 : 4 or 7 : 8
(iii) 1 : 2 or 2 : 1
Solution:

Question 6.
Divide the numbers given below in the required ratio.
(i) 20 in the ratio 3 : 2
(ii) 27 in the ratio 4 : 5
(iii) 40 in the ratio 6 : 14
Solution:
(i) Ratio = 3 : 2
Sum of the ratio = 3 + 2 = 5
5 parts = 20
1 part = 20/5
= 4
3 parts = 3 × 4 = 12
2 parts = 2 × 4 = 8
20 can be divided in the form as 12, 8.

(ii) Ratio = 4 : 5
Sum of the ratio = 4 + 5 = 9
9 parts = 27
1 part = 27/9 = 3
4 parts = 4 × 3 = 12
5 parts = 5 × 3 =15
27 can be divided in the form as 12, 15.

(iii) 40 in the ratio 6 : 14
Ratio = 6 : 14
Sum of the ratio = 6 + 14 = 20
20 parts = 40
1 part = 40/20 = 2
6 parts = 2 × 6 = 12
14 parts = 2 × 14 = 28
40 can be divided in the form as 12, 28.

Objective Type Questions

Question 9.
If 2 : 3 and 4 : ___ or equivalent ratios, then the missing term is ____
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3
Solution:
(a) 6
Hint: 2/3=2×2/3×2=4/6

Question 10.
An equivalent ratio of 4 : 7 is
(a) 1 : 3
(b) 8 : 15
(c) 14 : 8
(d) 12 : 21
Solution:
(d) 12 : 21