Rule of three - class-VIII

rule of three

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A man eats $200:g$ of rice a day and he has enough rice to last him for $35$ days. How long would the stock of rice last him if he were to eat $250:g$ rice a day.

  1. $\;42$
  2. $\;21$
  3. $\;28$
  4. $\;49$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The price of $357$ mangoes is $Rs. 1517.25.$ What will be the approximate price of $49$ dozens of such mangoes?

  1. $Rs. 3000$
  2. $Rs. 3500$
  3. $Rs. 4000$
  4. $Rs. 2500$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On a scale of map, $0.6$ cm represents $ 6.6$km. If the distance between the points on the map is  $80.5$  cm, the actualdistance between these points is

  1. $9$ km
  2. $72.5$ km
  3. $190.75$ km
  4. $885.5$ km
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If x & y are in direct proportion and if $x=20$ at proportionality constant $=4$, find y.

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $4$
  4. $5$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is an example of direct proportion?

  1. More working hours, more earning
  2. More speed of car, less time taken
  3. More no. of workers, less time taken
  4. Less the age of person, more active he is
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Observe the values and find the quantities which are in direct proportion
$ \begin{equation}x : ;;[4;;6;;8;;10] \ y : ;;[2;;3;;4;;;5] \ z : ;;[1;;2;;3;;;4]\end{equation}$

  1. x & y
  2. y & z
  3. x & z
  4. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $a:b=c:d$ then how many of the following statements are true?

  1. $c(a+b)=a(c+d)$
  2. $d(a-b)=b(c-d)$
  3. $(a^{2}+b^{2})(ac-bd)=(a^{2}-b^{2})(ac+bd)$
  4. $(a^{2}-b^{2})(ad-bc)=(a^{2}+b^{2})(ac-bd)$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mark the correct alternative of the following.
Two numbers are in the ration $3 : 5$ and their sum is $96$. The larger number is?

  1. $36$
  2. $42$
  3. $60$
  4. $70$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $4$ men or $6$ women earn Rs $360$ in one day, then find how much less does a woman earn in one day than men.

  1. Rs $20$
  2. Rs $30$
  3. Rs $40$
  4. Rs $35$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Eight oranges can be bought for Rs $10.40$, then how many more oranges can be bought for Rs $16.90$?

  1. $5$ oranges
  2. $3$ oranges
  3. $7$ oranges
  4. $2$ oranges
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$4$ men or $6$ women earn Rs $360$ in one day. Find how much will $6$ men and $4$ women earn in one day?

  1. Rs $780$
  2. Rs $720$
  3. Rs $760$
  4. Rs $740$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$A$ can do a piece of work in $10$ days and $B$ in $15$ days. How long will they take together to finish it ? 

  1. $7$ days
  2. $3$ days
  3. $9$ days
  4. $6$ days
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A sum is divided among four persons in the ratio $3,\colon,4,\colon,5,\colon,8$. If the second largest share is  Rs$,2500$, what is the total sum?

  1. Rs $10000$
  2. Rs $15000$
  3. Rs $1000$
  4. Rs $1500$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One litre of water weighs $1$ kg. How many cubic millimetres of water will weigh $0.1$ gram?

  1. $100$ cubic mm.
  2. $150$ cubic mm.
  3. $90$ cubic mm.
  4. $80$ cubic mm.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The cost of $3$ digital cameras and $5$ cell phones is Rs. $35,290$. What is the cost of $9$ digital cameras and $15$ cell phones?

  1. Rs. $1,68,450$
  2. Rs. $1,79,220$
  3. Rs. $1,05,870$
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A rope makes $260$ rounds of a cylinder with base radius $20$ cm, How many times can it go round a cylinder with base radius $26$ cm?

  1. $130$
  2. $300$
  3. $200$
  4. $150$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If 18 pumps can raise 2170 tonnes of water in 10 days, working 7 hours a day then in how many days will 16 pumps raise 1736 tonnes of water, working 9 hours a day ?

  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

If $a : b = 5 : 9$ and $b : c = 4 : 7$ find $a : b : c$

  1. $5:9:\dfrac{63}{4}$
  2. $20:63:36$
  3. $4:36:63$
  4. $20:36:63$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cost of 10 mangoes is Rs. 100 The cost of 18 mangoes is__ 

  1. Rs. 18
  2. Rs. 108
  3. Rs. 200
  4. Rs. 180
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

14 apples cost Rs. 140 The cost of 1 apple is__

  1. Rs. 10
  2. Rs. 8
  3. Rs. 4
  4. Rs. 14
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A bus travels 120 km in 4 hrs  The distance that can be travelled by the bus in 6 hrs is__

  1. 18 km
  2. 140 km
  3. 180 km
  4. 120 km
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If y is directly proportional to x & when $x=2$ & $y=4$, what is constant of proportionality?

  1. $1$
  2. $3$
  3. $5$
  4. $2$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A drum of kerosene oil is $\dfrac {3}{4}$ full. When $30$ litres of oil are drawn from it, it is $\dfrac {7}{12}$ full. Find the capacity of the drum ?

  1. $120$ litres
  2. $140$ litres
  3. $180$ litres
  4. $240$ litres
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following $a$ & $b$ are in direct proportion?

  1. $a=\dfrac{2}{b}$
  2. $a=2b$
  3. $a=b^3$
  4. $a=\dfrac{1}{b^2}$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The cost of $2$ meter cloth is $10$. Find the cost of $100\ m$ cloth.

  1. $400$
  2. $500$
  3. $1000$
  4. $1500$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If x & y are in direct proportion then find the value of a
$\begin{equation}x;;2;;3;;5;;;7 \ y;;4;;6;;a;;14\end{equation}$

  1. $8$
  2. $10$
  3. $15$
  4. $20$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the value of $x$ if  $a$ and $ b$  are in direct proportion

  $a$ $2$ $3$ $4$ $5$
  $b$  $14$ $21$ $x$ $35$
  1. $16$
  2. $25$
  3. $27$
  4. $28$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$a$ and $b$ are in ............ proportion

$a$ $3$ $7$ $10$ $11$
$b$ $9$ $21$ $30$ $33$
  1. direct
  2. indirect
  3. both
  4. none
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If  $a$  is inversely proportional to  $b $ and  $b$  is inversely proportional to  $c $ then what is proportionality between  $a $ and  $c$?

  1. Direct
  2. Inverse
  3. No proportionality
  4. Can't be determinal
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The correct dosage of adult over-the-counter medicine a child can receive is given by a formula by Clark. The child's weight, in pounds, is divided by $150$, and the result is multi pounds lied by the adult dose of the medicine. A mother need to give her daughter acetaminophen, which has an adult dose of $ 1000$ milligrams. She does not know her daughter's exact weight, but she knows the weight is  and between $75 $ and $90 $pounds. Find the range of correct dosage, d, in milligrams of acetaminophen the daughter could receive.

  1. $50$
  2. $500$
  3. $1000$
  4. $1600$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$A, B$ and $C$ can finish a job working alone in $72, 24$ and $36$ days respectively. In how many days they can finish the job if they worked together?

  1. $12$
  2. $9$
  3. $15$
  4. $18$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $4$ men earn Rs $360$ in one day, then how much does a man earn in one day?

  1. $90$
  2. $30$
  3. $120$
  4. $60$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the example of direct proportion?

  1. Number of mangoes in a bag and weight of the bag.
  2. Speed goes up ,travel times goes down.
  3. More the number of men lesser the time taken to complete it.
  4. None of these.
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Share of A, B and C respectively, are ____________, if Rs. $5460$ is divided in $\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}:\frac{1}{3}:\frac{1}{4}$.

  1. Rs. $1680$, Rs. $2520$, Rs. $1260$
  2. Rs. $2520$, Rs. $1680$, Rs. $1260$
  3. Rs. $1260$, Rs. $2100$, Rs. $2520$
  4. Rs. $2520$, Rs. $1260$, Rs. $1680$
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
If $20: 28= x:7=10:y$.
The values of $x$ and $y$ in the box respectively are __________.
  1. $5, 14$
  2. $14, 5$
  3. $8, 10$
  4. $10, 8$