Part to Part Word Problems
Jordan and Ellen recycle cans. Jordan recycles 3 cans for every 4 cans Ellen recycles. Last week, Jordan recycled 9 cans. How many cans did Ella recycle?
12
There are 4 sneakers for every 2 sandals in Miss Herron's closet. If she has a total of 24 pairs of shoes, how many sneakers does she own?
16 sneakers
1:3 and 2:6
Equivalent or nah? PROVE IT.
Yes, constant is 2
There are 3 boys to 6 girls. What is the ratio of girls to boys?
6:3
To get the perfect purple, Mr. Cottingham used 3 cups of red paint for every 2 cups of blue paint. If he used 20 cups of blue paint, how much red paint did he use?
30
For every 3 basketball baskets made, there is 1 basket missed. If a total of 16 baskets were taken, how many were made?
12 made baskets
3:5 and 9:20
Equivalent or nah? PROVE IT.
Nope. 3 and 4 are not ze same.
There are 5 fifth graders and 7 sixth graders on the team. What is the ratio of fifth graders to sixth graders?
5:7
When making BLove Seafood Sauce, for every 4 cups of butter, you need 1 cup of garlic. After making sauce for a large crowd, I used 12 cups of butter. How many cups of garlic did I need?
3 cups of garlic
For every 2 dogs there are 3 pigs. If there is a total of 30 in all, how many are just dogs?
12 dogs
12:3 and 4:1
Yes constant is 3
There are 3 apples to 4 bananas. What is the ratio of bananas to apples?
4:3
RP baseball won 2 out of every 5 games this season. If they played a total of 10 games, how many games did they win?
4 wins
Ms. Herron uses 2 cups of blue paint for every 4 cups of red paint. If she used a total of 18 cups of paint, how much of that was blue paint?
6 cups blue paint
7:8 and 14:16
Yes constant is 2
There are 7 sixth graders for every 8 fifth graders. What is the ratio of fifth graders to sixth graders?
8:7
RP basketball won 4 out of every 7 games this season. If they played a total of 21 games, how many games did they win?
12 wins
Roy owns two different types of cattle on his farm. He owns Jersey cattle and Randall cattle. For every 6 Randall cattle, there are 5 Jersey cattle. If he owns a total of 55 cattle, how many Randall Cattle does he own?
30 Randall Cattle
72:66 and 12:11
Yes, constant is 6
There are 16 dolphins to 23 whales. What is the ratio of dolphins to whales?
16:23