Year 7 - Ratios - Free practice

Year 7 Ratios Worksheets & Practice Tests

Simplify, scale, divide in a ratio - the Year 7 foundations.

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10 questions — 4 Foundation, 4 Standard, 2 Extension — with full worked solutions, calibrated to the Victorian Curriculum.

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Why we built it

Ratios show up in everything from recipes to map scales to currency exchange. These Year 7 worksheets give your student practice across all the standard ratio question types so the topic feels routine rather than tricky by the time tests roll around.

What's covered

Sub-skills your student will practise

  • Writing and simplifying ratios
  • Equivalent ratios
  • Dividing a quantity in a given ratio
  • Comparing ratios using a common term
  • Word problems involving recipes, scale and proportion

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Frequently asked

Questions parents ask about ratios

How are ratios different from fractions?

A fraction compares a part to a whole (3/5 of the pizza). A ratio compares two parts to each other (3:5 of red to blue marbles). The arithmetic is the same but the way you read the answer differs.

How do students divide a quantity in a given ratio?

Add the parts of the ratio to get the total number of shares, then divide the quantity by that total to find one share. For $80 split 3:5, total = 8 shares, one share = $10, so the split is $30 and $50.

Why do students get ratio problems wrong?

Usually they treat the ratio as a fraction and divide by the second number instead of the total. The other common mistake is leaving the answer in shares ($30 and $50 written as 3 and 5).

What real-world contexts use ratios in Year 7?

Recipes (mix the cordial 1:4 with water), map scales, currency exchange, and sharing money or items between people are the most common contexts. These worksheets use varied contexts so students can't memorise one type.

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