Ratios
Lil blew up 7 balloons. Kathy blew up 5 balloons. What is the ratio of Lil's balloons to Kathy's balloons?
7 to 5
What is an equivalent ratio to compare
2 triangles to 3 circles?
4 triangles to 6 circles
What is the ratio 7 to 12 written in two other ways?
7/12 and 7:12
There are 20 girls and 15 boys in the chorus.
What is the ratio of boys to girls?
Say it in 3 different ways.
20 to 15 20:15 20 to 15
The recipe calls for 2 eggs, 8 cups of flour, 3
teaspoons of oil, and a pinch of salt.
What is the ratio of cups of flour to eggs?
8:2 OR 4:1
What is an equivalent ratio to compare
5 girls to 6 boys?
10 girls to 12 boys
In the workbench drawer, the ratio of bolts to nails is
2 to 4. (2/4)
Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form.
1/2
Is 4 to 5 equivalent to 8 to 9?
No.
4 x 2 = 8, but 5 x 2 does not equal 9
There are 10 rabbits in a cage.
The ratio of white rabbits to grey rabbits is 3:7.
How many white rabbits are in the cage?
3 white rabbits
What is an equivalent ratio to compare
20 pencils to 25 erasers?
4 pencils to 5 erasers
40 pencils to 50 erasers
The ratio of rainy days to sunny days is 5 to 3. Find an equivalent ratio,
10 to 6
Ahmad's mom prepares a plate with 5 peaches and 4 apples for him and his friends.
What is the ratio of peaches to total fruit? Say it in 3 different ways.
5 to 9, 5:9, 5/9
There are 5 mice in a cage.
The ratio of pink mice to black mice is 2:3.
How many black mice are in the cage?
3 mice
George had 10 pants and 15 shirts.
What is an equivalent ratio to compare pants to shirts?
2 pants to 3 shirts
20 pants to 30 shirts
There are 3 square patches to every 1 circle patch.
What is the ratio that compares the number of circle patches to the number of square patches?
1 to 3
A recipe uses 2 cups of chopped onions, 6 cups of chopped tomatoes and 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
How many cups of tomato are need to triple (3 times) the recipe? Explain.
18, because 6 X 3 = 18.
There are 12 elephants, 8 giraffes and 9 lions in the zoo.
What is the ratio of lions to giraffes?
9 to 8
The ratio of cats to dogs in the park is 3 to 4.
Is the ratio 6 cats to 8 dogs an equivalent ratio?
Explain.
Yes. 3 x 2 = 6 and 4 x 2 = 8
In basketball, Katrina makes 6 out of every 10 free throws.
Her coach claims that if she tries 30 free throws, she should make 18 of them. Is the coach's claim correct?
Yes, the coach is correct.
10 x 3 = 30
6 x 3 = 18
What is the ratio for the number of vowels in the word MATHEMATICS to the number of consonants?
Say it 3 different ways.
4 vowels to 7 consonants
4 : 7 4/7