5th Grade Ratios Review

Find the Ratio

100

Write 6 girls to 8 boys as a ratio.

6 : 8 or 3 : 4

200

There are 2 boys and 5 girls in a class. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

5 : 2

300

Sally ate 10 jelly beans, 2 red, 6 green, and 2 blue. What is the ratio for green to red to blue jellybeans?

6 : 2 : 2 or 3 : 1 : 1

400

9 out of 13 fish are orange. What is the ratio of fish that are orange to fish that are not orange?

9 : 4

500

Of the ten members on a team, 2 are girls. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

2:8 or 1:4

Simplify the Ratio

100

This is the ratio 4 out of 16 papers in simplest form.

1:4

200

There are 20 animals in a pond. Of these animals, 6 are frogs, 8 are fish and the rest are tortoises. Find the ratio of the number of fish to the number of tortoises in simplest form.

4:3

300

Write the ratio in simplest form. 36 : 18 : 30

6:3:5

400

14 out of 16 students attended the pep rally. Write the number of students who attended the pep rally to those who did not as a ratio in simplest form.

7:8

500

The final score of a basketball game is 56 to 32. A prize is given to the person in the seat numbered with the greatest common factor between 56 and 32. What is the prize-winning seat number?

8

Ratio Word Problems

100

Penny Pinchers sold some sneakers and jackets in the ratio 2:3. The store sold 20 sneakers yesterday. How many jackets were sold?

30 jackets were sold

200

Juan has a ratio of 3 fish to 5 plants in his aquarium. He has 33 fish. How many plants does he have?

Juan has 55 plants.

300

Taylor, Cole, and Robert contributed money to the Youth Club in the ratio 1:4:6. Robert contributed $18. a.How much money to Taylor contribute? b.How much money to Cole contribute?

a. Taylor contributed $3. b. Cole contributed $12.

400

Hailey makes a necklace with 24 blue beads and 32 purple beads.  She wants to make a bracelet that has the same ratio of blue beads to purple beads as the necklace.  She plans to use 6 blue beads for the bracelet.  How many purple beads should Hailey use?

Hailey uses 8 purple beads.

500

A tip cup contains quarters, nickels, and pennies in the ratio 3:2:1. There are 27 quarters. How many pennies are there?

There are 9 pennies.