Ratio and proportion: Edexcel International GCSE Maths questions

Every Edexcel International GCSE Maths exam question on 1.7 Ratio and proportion, 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 103 questions on Ratio and proportion, as a list

June 2025 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q8 (3 marks): The pictogram shows information about the number of toys sold in a shop on each of five days. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday The number of toys sold o
June 2025 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q12 (3 marks): A shop accepts payment in pounds (£) or in Swiss francs. In the shop, a shirt costs £35 or 42 Swiss francs. The cost of a jacket is £54 Alex works out the cost
June 2025 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q7 (4 marks): Raymond sells 80 burgers for a total of £176 1 of the burgers are large. 5 Each large burger costs £3 The remaining burgers are small. Work out the cost of one
June 2025 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q8 (3 marks): Mark is going to book a room in a hotel for 7 nights. A room in the hotel costs the same amount for each night. Mark knows that the room costs 150 euros for 2 n
June 2025 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q9 (3 marks): Remy chooses one food item and one drink for his breakfast. He can choose one food item from cereal (C) or fruit (F) or a pastry (P) He can choose one drink fro
June 2025 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (6 marks): Here is a list of ingredients needed to make 6 biscuits. Biscuits Makes 6 biscuits 60 g sugar 75 g butter 1 egg 90 g flour 65 g chocolate Asha makes some of the
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (2 marks): A shop sells boxes of almonds. 12 of these boxes cost a total of 708 dirhams. Work out the cost of 5 of these boxes. dirhams
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (4 marks): Adam sells chocolate cakes and lemon cakes. The ratio number of chocolate cakes he sells : number of lemon cakes he sells = 5 7 : He sells 40 chocolate cakes. A
June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): Here is a list of ingredients to make spaghetti carbonara for 4 people. Spaghetti carbonara Ingredients for 4 people 100 g pancetta 50 g cheese 300 g spaghetti
June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q23 (4 marks): Pau, Sam and Tia share £240 in the ratios 3 : 4 : 5 Sam and Tia each give £10 of their share to Pau. Work out the ratios of the amounts of money that Pau, Sam a
June 2025, Paper 2 Higher, Q6 (4 marks): Pau, Sam and Tia share £240 in the ratios 3 : 4 : 5 Sam and Tia each give £10 of their share to Pau. Work out the ratios of the amounts of money that Pau, Sam a
November 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (2 marks): 15 identical pencil cases cost 41.25 Swiss francs. Work out the cost of 52 of these pencil cases. Swiss francs
November 2024, Paper 2 Foundation, Q12 (4 marks): In an orchard, there are 240 fruit trees. There are only apple trees and pear trees such that number of apple trees : number of pear trees = 5 3 : 64% of the ap
June 2024 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q18 (5 marks): Norberto sells white loaves of bread and brown loaves of bread. He sells a total of 200 loaves such that the number of white loaves sold : the number of brown l
June 2024 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q3 (5 marks): Norberto sells white loaves of bread and brown loaves of bread. He sells a total of 200 loaves such that the number of white loaves sold : the number of brown l
June 2024 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (4 marks): Bilpa, Claudia and David share 1200 euros. Bilpa gets 1 of the 1200 euros. 5 Claudia gets 42% of the 1200 euros. David gets the rest of the 1200 euros. Given th
June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (4 marks): David is going to make some biscuits. Here is a list of ingredients for making 24 biscuits. Ingredients for 24 biscuits 120 g butter 60 g sugar 200 g flour Davi
June 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q14 (5 marks): The combined savings of Abel and Bahira are 15 435 dinars. The savings of Bahira are 45% more than the savings of Abel. The savings of Bahira are 3 2 times the
June 2024, Paper 2 Foundation, Q24 (5 marks): Ishir plants 600 bulbs in a garden. He plants tulip bulbs, crocus bulbs and daffodil bulbs so that number of tulip bulbs : number of crocus bulbs : number of da
June 2024, Paper 2 Higher, Q8 (5 marks): Ishir plants 600 bulbs in a garden. He plants tulip bulbs, crocus bulbs and daffodil bulbs so that number of tulip bulbs : number of crocus bulbs : number of da
November 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (5 marks): A rental company has 360 cars and some vans. The ratio of the number of cars to the number of vans is 3 : 5 4 of the cars are electric. 9 36% of the vans are el
November 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q2 (5 marks): The pictogram gives information about the number of parcels a company posted on each of four days last week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Represents
November 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (3 marks): Yuan sells fudge in small bags and in large bags. Small bag Large bag Weight 150 g Weight 400 g Cost £1.80 Cost £5 Work out which bag is the better value for mo
November 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q21 (3 marks): Avril bakes a cake. She uses flour, butter and sugar such that weight of flour : weight of butter = 6 : 5 weight of butter : weight of sugar = 3 : 2 Avril uses
November 2023, Paper 2 Higher, Q5 (3 marks): Avril bakes a cake. She uses flour, butter and sugar such that weight of flour : weight of butter = 6 : 5 weight of butter : weight of sugar = 3 : 2 Avril uses
June 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q16 (4 marks): Roland, Seiso and Tim share the total cost of buying a plot of land. Roland and Seiso share some of the cost in the ratio 2 : 5 Roland’s share of the cost is $1
June 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (4 marks): One month, Abbad raised money for charity by being sponsored to run and to walk. His target was to raise 700 dirhams. During the month, Abbad recorded a total d
June 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (5 marks): Sayeeda asked the members of a swimming club which one of front crawl, breaststroke, backstroke or butterfly is their favourite stroke. The pie chart shows some
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (4 marks): Vivienne makes bread. The weight of yeast she uses is 1% of the weight of flour she uses. Vivienne uses 750 g of flour. (a) Work out the weight of yeast she use
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q16 (3 marks): Last season, the number of goals scored by Arjun, by Simon and by Kath for their football team were in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8 Simon scored 12 more goals than Arju
June 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Last season, the number of goals scored by Arjun, by Simon and by Kath for their football team were in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8 Simon scored 12 more goals than Arju
June 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q21 (4 marks): Nancy has some coins with a total value of 85 pence. She has only 2 pence coins and 5 pence coins. The ratio number of 2 pence coins : number of 5 pence coins =
June 2023, Paper 2 Higher, Q5 (4 marks): Nancy has some coins with a total value of 85 pence. She has only 2 pence coins and 5 pence coins. The ratio number of 2 pence coins : number of 5 pence coins =
January 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q20 (3 marks): C grams of chocolate is shared in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8 The difference between the largest share and the smallest share is 390 grams. Work out the value of C C =
January 2023 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q5 (3 marks): C grams of chocolate is shared in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8 The difference between the largest share and the smallest share is 390 grams. Work out the value of C C =
January 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q7 (6 marks): In a field, there are 60 sheep and 24 cows. (a) Find the ratio of the number of sheep to the number of cows. Give your ratio in its simplest form. In a barn, th
January 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q20 (3 marks): In a box, there are only green sweets, orange sweets and yellow sweets. There are 280 sweets in the box so that the number of green sweets : the number of orang
January 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q5 (3 marks): In a box, there are only green sweets, orange sweets and yellow sweets. There are 280 sweets in the box so that the number of green sweets : the number of orang
January 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q12 (3 marks): Last season, Alisha and Jaya scored goals for their team in the ratio 4 : 7 Jaya scored 39 more goals than Alisha. Work out the number of goals Alisha scored.
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (4 marks): Sophia spends a total of £6.30 on cheese. She buys 500 g of Cheddar cheese and 200 g of Stilton cheese. The cost of the Cheddar cheese is £9.20 for 1 kg. Work o
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (3 marks): Bella and Millie share some money in the ratio 5 : 2 Bella receives 10.50 euros more than Millie. Work out the total amount of money they share. euros
June 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (4 marks): Kim spends $N Of this, she spends 40% on food 1 4 on clothes and the rest on petrol Kim spends $P on petrol. Work out the ratio P : N in the form a : b where a
June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (4 marks): Johan wants to make some small cakes. He finds a recipe that says he needs 360 grams of flour to make 15 small cakes. Johan has 0.85 kg of flour. Johan works ou
June 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q24 (5 marks): Behnaz makes 300 celebration cards so that number of number of number of birthday cards : anniversary cards : congratulations cards = 7 : 5 : 3 2 5 of the birth
June 2022, Paper 2 Higher, Q8 (5 marks): Behnaz makes 300 celebration cards so that number of number of number of birthday cards : anniversary cards : congratulations cards = 7 : 5 : 3 2 5 of the birth
January 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (4 marks): In November, Andre received a monthly salary of 2500 euros. Of this he spent 40% on his rent 300 euros on leisure The rest of Andre’s monthly salary was spent o
January 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q7 (3 marks): (a) Write the ratio 42 : 96 in its simplest form. There are only apples and pears in a fruit basket so that the number of apples : the number of pears = 4 : 11
January 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (3 marks): Anjali, Ravina and Sandeep were the three candidates in an election. Heidi draws a pie chart for the number of votes received by each of the three candidates. T
January 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (3 marks): Danil, Gabriel and Hadley share some money in the ratios 3 : 5 : 9 The difference between the amount of money that Gabriel receives and the amount of money that
January 2022, Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (3 marks): Danil, Gabriel and Hadley share some money in the ratios 3 : 5 : 9 The difference between the amount of money that Gabriel receives and the amount of money that
January 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (5 marks): Here is a list of the ingredients needed to make 12 chocolate brownies. Chocolate brownies Ingredients for 12 brownies 150 g flour 250 g chocolate spread 3 eggs
January 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q21 (5 marks): A bag contains only pink sweets, white sweets, green sweets and red sweets. The table gives each of the probabilities that, when a sweet is taken at random from
January 2022, Paper 2 Higher, Q6 (5 marks): A bag contains only pink sweets, white sweets, green sweets and red sweets. The table gives each of the probabilities that, when a sweet is taken at random from
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q5 (4 marks): James is on holiday in Canada. The exchange rate is £1 = 1.75 Canadian dollars. (a) Change £800 into Canadian dollars. Canadian dollars James buys a watch in Ca
November 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (6 marks): (a) Write 25 as a fraction of 145 Give your fraction in its simplest form. (b) Work out 9 as a percentage of 25 % The cost of 16 sandwiches of the same type is
June 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (3 marks): (a) Write these fractions in order of size. Start with the smallest fraction. 3 1 7 5 8 4 20 16 There are only green beads and red beads in a bag. The ratio of
June 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q19 (3 marks): On a farm there are chickens, ducks and pigs. The ratio of the number of chickens to the number of ducks is 7 : 2 The ratio of the number of ducks to the number
June 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q4 (3 marks): On a farm there are chickens, ducks and pigs. The ratio of the number of chickens to the number of ducks is 7 : 2 The ratio of the number of ducks to the number
June 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q20 (4 marks): Mariana sells bags of bird food. The bags that Mariana sold last week each contained 12 kg of seeds. The bags that she is going to sell next week will each cont
June 2021, Paper 2 Higher, Q6 (4 marks): Mariana sells bags of bird food. The bags that Mariana sold last week each contained 12 kg of seeds. The bags that she is going to sell next week will each cont
January 2021 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (3 marks): Sabbir has some boxes of bananas and some sacks of tomatoes. The weight of each box of bananas is the same and the weight of each sack of tomatoes is the same.
January 2021 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q12 (5 marks): Rose and Haydn share £250 in the ratio 2 : 3 Rose gives all her share of the money to charity. Haydn gives 42% of his share of the money to charity. Rose gives
January 2021 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q2 (8 marks): The pictogram shows information about the number of emails Sophie received on each of four days. Monday Tuesday Key: Wednesday represents: 4 emails Thursday Fri
January 2021 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q6 (4 marks): Mikhal has 1200 grams of cake mixture. He is going to make 3 cakes, cake A, cake B and cake C. 4 15 of the weight of the cake mixture will be used to make cake
January 2021 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (4 marks): Here is a list of ingredients needed to make 24 currant buns. Ingredients for 24 currant buns 100 grams butter 70 grams sugar 140 grams flour 40 grams currants
January 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (3 marks): In Koko’s shop 5 chocolate bars cost $5.75 2 chocolate bars and 3 packets of sweets cost $7.85 Work out the cost of one packet of sweets. $
January 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): Pieter owns a currency conversion shop. Last Monday, Pieter changed a total of 20 160 rand into a number of different currencies. He changed 3 10 of the 20 160
January 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (4 marks): Pieter owns a currency conversion shop. Last Monday, Pieter changed a total of 20 160 rand into a number of different currencies. He changed 3 10 of the 20 160
January 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q24 (3 marks): The people working for a company work in Team A or in Team B. number of people in Team A : number of people in Team B = 3 : 4 4 5 of Team A work full time. 24%
January 2021, Paper 2 Higher, Q10 (3 marks): The people working for a company work in Team A or in Team B. number of people in Team A : number of people in Team B = 3 : 4 4 5 of Team A work full time. 24%
November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q26 (5 marks): Alex makes 80 cakes to sell. He makes chocolate cakes, lemon cakes and fruit cakes where number of number of number of : : = 3 : 2 : 5 chocolate cakes lemon cak
November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q10 (5 marks): Alex makes 80 cakes to sell. He makes chocolate cakes, lemon cakes and fruit cakes where number of number of number of : : = 3 : 2 : 5 chocolate cakes lemon cak
November 2020 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (4 marks): Freda is playing a car racing game on her computer. She sets up her computer so that her car completes each lap in the same number of seconds. Her car completes
November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (9 marks): (a) Write 24 40 as a fraction in its simplest form. (b) Write 1 5 as a decimal. There are only blue bricks and white bricks in a box. The ratio of the number of
November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (4 marks): Toy cars are made in a factory. The toy cars are made for 15 hours each day. 5 toy cars are made every 12 seconds. For the toy cars made each day, the probabili
November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (4 marks): Toy cars are made in a factory. The toy cars are made for 15 hours each day. 5 toy cars are made every 12 seconds. For the toy cars made each day, the probabili
November 2020, Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (6 marks): Here is a list of ingredients needed to make apple crumble for 6 people. Apple Crumble Ingredients for 6 people 12 apples 150g butter 195g flour 90g oats 120g s
November 2020, Paper 2 Foundation, Q19 (4 marks): Andreas, Isla and Paulo share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 5 The total amount of money that Isla and Paulo receive is £76 more than the amount of money that
November 2020, Paper 2 Higher, Q4 (4 marks): Andreas, Isla and Paulo share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 5 The total amount of money that Isla and Paulo receive is £76 more than the amount of money that
January 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q14 (3 marks): Brendon, Asha and Julie share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 6 The total amount of money that Asha and Julie receive is $36 Work out the amount of money that
January 2020 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Brendon, Asha and Julie share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 6 The total amount of money that Asha and Julie receive is $36 Work out the amount of money that
January 2020 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (6 marks): Iona buys a box of cereal. The cereal in the box weighs 0.75 kg. Each helping of the cereal eaten by Iona has a weight of 40 g. (a) Write 40 g as a fraction of
January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (3 marks): (a) Write the ratio 32 : 80 in its simplest form. There are only red counters and blue counters in a bag. In the bag the number of red counters : the number of
January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q18 (6 marks): 120 children go on an activity holiday. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5 On Sunday, all the children either go sailing or go clim
January 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q5 (6 marks): 120 children go on an activity holiday. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5 On Sunday, all the children either go sailing or go clim
June 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q24 (3 marks): 3 years ago, the ratio of Tom’s age to Clemmie’s age was 2 : 7 Tom is now 15 years old and Clemmie is now x years old. Find the value of x. x =
June 2019 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q11 (3 marks): 3 years ago, the ratio of Tom’s age to Clemmie’s age was 2 : 7 Tom is now 15 years old and Clemmie is now x years old. Find the value of x. x =
June 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (4 marks): Maria is going to make blackcurrant pies. Here is a list of ingredients to make 6 blackcurrant pies. Blackcurrant pies Ingredients for 6 pies 150g flour 420 g b
June 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q22 (3 marks): A football team played 55 games. Each game was won, drawn or lost. number of games won : number of games drawn: number of games lost = 6:3:2 Work out how many m
June 2019 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q7 (3 marks): A football team played 55 games. Each game was won, drawn or lost. number of games won : number of games drawn : number of games lost = 6 : 3 : 2 Work out how m
June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): In a box, number of red buttons : number of blue buttons = 5 : 3 number of blue buttons : number of green buttons = 1 : 2 There are 48 green buttons in the box.
June 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q11 (6 marks): Calvin and Jenny are planning a holiday together. The total cost of the flights is £1190 Calvin and Jenny share the cost of the flights so that the money that C
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): There are 60 children in a club. In the club, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 1 3 of the girls play a musical instrument. 5 4 5 of
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q22 (3 marks): The diagram shows two water towers in Kuwait. Diagram NOT accurately drawn 187m 147m A B The real height of tower A is 187m. The real height of tower B is 147m.
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (4 marks): There are 60 children in a club. In the club, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 1 3 of the girls play a musical instrument. 5 4 5 of
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q7 (3 marks): The diagram shows two water towers in Kuwait. Diagram NOT accurately drawn 187m 147m A The real height of tower A is 187m. The real height of tower B is 147m. A
January 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q24 (3 marks): Carlos, Flavia and Tazia shared £861 between themselves. The amount of money Flavia got is 65% of the amount of money Carlos got. The amount of money Tazia got
January 2019 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q13 (3 marks): Carlos, Flavia and Tazia shared £861 between themselves. The amount of money Flavia got is 65% of the amount of money Carlos got. The amount of money Tazia got
January 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (3 marks): All the teachers at a school are either left footed or right footed. At the school the number of left footed teachers : the number of right footed teachers = 3
January 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (5 marks): Jerry went on holiday to a game reserve. He recorded the number of each of five different types of animal he saw. The pie chart below gives information about hi
January 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): There are 90 counters in a bag. Each counter in the bag is either red or blue so that the number of red counters : the number of blue counters = 2 : 13 Li is go
January 2019, Paper 2 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): A plane has a length of 73 metres. A scale model is made of the plane. The scale of the model is 1 : 200 Work out the length of the scale model. Give your answe
January 2019, Paper 2 Higher, Q3 (4 marks): There are 90 counters in a bag. Each counter in the bag is either red or blue so that the number of red counters : the number of blue counters = 2 : 13 Li is go

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