Ratios
Each meal in the cafeteria is served with two portions of vegetables. What is the ratio of meals served to portions of vegetables served?
1:2
1 to 2
A school carnival was selling tickets for a dunk tank. Their sign said "1 ticket for $1. 10 tickets for $6. 50 tickets for $25".
Which sale has the best unit price?
50 tickets for $25
1 ticket for $1 = $ per ticket
10 tickets for $6 = $0.60 per ticket
50 tickets for $25 = $0.50 per ticket
It's getting colder! The temperature is dropping 30 degrees in 4 days. How many degrees is it dropping per day?
The temperature is dropping 7.5 degrees per day.
Pedro scored 32 of the 45 shots he took at soccer practice this week! What percentage of goals did he make?
Pedro made 71.11% of goals
The ratio of boys to girls at McGlone is 3:4. If there are 381 boys, how many girls are there?
There are 508 girls.
Ms. Wolff has been on a boat 5 times in her life. She has flown in airplanes 28 times in her life. What is the ratio of times she's flown in a plane to times she's been on a boat?
28:5
Ms. Wolff drove at a constant rate on her road trip this weekend. She traveled 234 miles in 4 hours. What was her average rate per hour?
Ms. Wolff's average rate was 58.5 miles per hour.
Ms. Webb visited 45 states in 6 years. Find the unit rate per year.
Ms. Webb visited 7.5 states per year.
Ms. Wolff has been trying to eat super healthy! In the past week, she ate healthy 6 days. What percentage of days of the week did Ms. Wolff eat healthy?
Ms. Wolff ate healthy 85.7% of days.
A leaky faucet is filling up a 5 gallon bucket every 20 hours. At that rate, how long will it take the faucet to fill a 45 gallon bucket?
It will take the faucet 180 hours to fill a 45 gallon bucket.
Ms. Procter's entire workout consists of 10 minutes of warm up exercises, 15 minutes on the treadmill, and 25 minutes of lifting weights. What is the ratio of minutes spent lifting weights to total workout minutes?
a. 1:1
b: 1:2
c. 3:10
d. 5:8
b. 1:2
Mr. Jones is making fruit punch! The recipe he is using calls for 3 cups of cranberry juice for 4 gallons of punch. How many cups of cranberry juice does Mr. Jones need for 1 gallon of punch?
The dollar store sells one small bag of takis for $0.99. Walmart sells four small bags of takis for $3.90. Which store has the better unit price and why?
Walmart has the better unit price because one bag of takis will cost $0.97 which is less expensive than the dollar store.
Math grades are getting crazy! Grades are currently out of 250 points! The average score is 218 points. What is the average grade as a percentage?
The average math grade is 87.2%.
In art class, Marlenne painted tiles to use for an art project. She painted 5 tiles blue and 8 tiles red.
Write an equivalent ratio of blue tiles to red tiles.
2.5:4
10:16
7.5:12
15:24
20:32
** Other answers possible
When Ms. Fields was in high school, she had 24 students in her class.
There were 18 students who studied Spanish.
The other students studied French.
What is the ratio of students who studied Spanish to students who studied French?
a. 1:3
b. 1:4
c. 2:3
d. 3:4
a. 1:3
Speedway has the best unit price because Ms. Webb spent $3.50 per gallon and Ms. Rowland spent $3.27 per gallon.
Ms. Rowland was speeding to get to work today! She drove 67 miles in 20 minutes! What was her speed per hour?
Ms. Rowland was driving 268 miles per hour.
Ms. Fields is saving up money for an awesome vacation! She needs to save $1,289 for her vacation. She's already saved 68% of her goal! How much money has she saved?
Ms. Fields has saved $876.52.
Mr. Jones travels 66 miles in 3 hours. Mr. Patterson travels 72 miles in 4 hours. What is the DIFFERENCE in their speeds per mile?
The difference in their speed is 4 miles per hour.
Mr. Jones drives 22 miles per hour.
Mr. Patterson drives 18 miles per hour.
Ms. Hauck bought Ms. Wolff a bag of Hershey Kisses and Reese Cups. 6/8 of the bag of candy was Hershey Kisses and the rest were Reese Cups. If the number of Reese Cups is doubled and the number of Hershey kisses stays the same, what fraction of the candy will be Reese Cups?
4/10
A stand is selling 8 mangoes for $10 at the farmer's market.
Rodrigo said "That means that each mango is $1.25."
Jovanna said "No, that means that for $1 per 0.8 mangoes"
Who is correct and why?
They are both correct. Rodrigo found a unit price and Jovanna found a unit rate.
Rodrigo: 10/8 = $1.25 per mango
Jovanna: 8/10 = 0.8 mangoes per dollar
Ms. Wolff filled up her new car with gas at two different gas stations.
1. At Safeway, 12 gallons cost $45.
2. At 7/11, 11 gallons cost $36.
Which gas station had the better unit price and why?
7/11 has the better unit price because it only costs $3.27 per gallon verses Safeway costs $3.75 per gallon.
Ms. Hauck took an AR test out of 17 points. She got a 95% on the test. How many points did she earn on the AR test?
She earned 16.15 points.
Ms. Procter drove 168 miles in 3 hours.
If she continues driving at the same rate, how far will she have traveled in 345 hours?
Ms. Procter will have traveled 19,320 miles.