Year 8 Ratios and Rates Quiz
Simplify ratios, divide quantities in a given ratio and solve rate problems involving speed and best buys.
In this quiz you'll practise:
- Simplify ratios and use equivalent ratios
- Divide a quantity in a given ratio
- Calculate and compare rates, including best buys
- Solve speed, distance and time problems
Check each answer as you go. If you're not sure, you'll get a hint and another try. Every question has an explanation.
About this Year 8 ratios and rates quiz
This free Year 8 ratios and rates quiz helps students practise the proportional reasoning skills in the Australian Curriculum for Year 8. Students simplify ratios, understand that order matters in a ratio, divide a quantity in a given ratio and scale recipes up using equivalent ratios. They also work with rates, including average speed, flow rates and unit prices, compare products to find the best buy, and convert a speed from kilometres per hour to metres per second. Every question has a clear worked solution, showing students reliable methods they can use in science, shopping and everyday life.
Simplifying ratios, dividing quantities in a ratio, and working with rates such as speed and unit price.
- Curriculum
- Australian Curriculum v9.0 — Mathematics, Year 8
- Questions
- 10 · about 8 minutes
- Written by
- Success Tutoring Curriculum Team