4MA0 Foundation June 2014 Paper 2 Q11

EdexcelFoundationOld spec7 marksFractionsRatio & Basic Proportion

11 The table gives information about the numbers of medals won by Australia and Great Britain in the 2012 Paralympic Games.

AustraliaGreat Britain
Gold medals3234
Silver medals2343
Bronze medals3043
Total85120
(a) What fraction of the total number of medals won by Australia were gold medals? (1)
(b) Write down the ratio of the total number of medals won by Australia to the total number of medals won by Great Britain.
Give your ratio in its simplest form. (2)
(c) In the 2012 Paralympic Games, the total number of gold and silver medals won by Brazil was 35
The ratio of the number of gold medals that Brazil won to the number of silver medals that Brazil won was 3 : 2
How many silver medals were won by Brazil? (2)
(d) In the 2012 Paralympic Games, the ratio of the total number of medals won by the Ukraine to the total number of medals won by Great Britain was 7 : 10
Great Britain won a total of 120 medals.
What was the total number of medals won by the Ukraine? (2)