Year 6 ratio, proportion and percentages test to download as PDF

This Year 6 ratio, proportion and percentages test lasts 40 minutes and is marked out of 20. It covers the whole chapter for pupils aged 10-11, and the full answers are on a separate page.

⏱️ Duration : 40 min
🎯 Total : 20 marks
❓ 5 questions

Mark/20

Question 1 – Simplifying ratios
1. Write 24 : 40 in its simplest form.
2. A bag has 9 red and 15 yellow sweets. Write the ratio of red to yellow sweets in its simplest form.
3. Write 2 m : 50 cm as a ratio in its simplest form.
Question 2 – Sharing in a ratio
1. Share £84 in the ratio 5 : 7.
2. Share 90 sweets in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3.
3. Two sisters share £36 in the ratio 4 : 5. How much more does the older sister get than the younger sister?
Question 3 – Scale and proportion
1. 4 notebooks cost £5.20. How much do 10 notebooks cost?
2. On a map, 1 cm shows 2 km. A path is 7.5 cm on the map. How long is the real path?
3. A rectangle 4 cm by 7 cm is enlarged with a scale factor of 3. Find the new length and width.
4. The real width of a lake is 15 km. How wide is it on the map in part (b)?
Question 4 – Percentages
1. Find 30% of £250.
2. Increase 60 kg by 15%.
3. In a test Ali scored 34 out of 40 and Bea scored 42 out of 50. Who got the higher percentage? Show your working.
Question 5 – The party punch
Mia makes fruit punch for a party. She mixes orange juice, apple juice and lemonade in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. She needs 4 litres of punch altogether.
1. How many parts are there in the ratio?
2. How much of each drink does she need? Give the answers in litres.
3. What percentage of the punch is lemonade?
4. Orange juice costs £1.80 a litre, apple juice costs £1.50 a litre and lemonade costs £0.90 a litre. Work out the total cost of the punch.

How to use this Year 6 ratio, proportion and percentages test

First, revise with the ratio, proportion and percentages lesson and the worksheet. Then sit the test in one go, with a timer set to 40 minutes. After that, mark your work with the ratio, proportion and percentages test answers. If you lose marks on a question, redo it the next day without help.

Finally, you can download this Year 6 ratio, proportion and percentages test as a PDF and print it like a real exam paper. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday.