Ratios
In a drawing, there are three circles, four stars, and three triangles. What is the ratio of stars to the total number of shapes.
What is 2:5 or 4:10?
For every 3 white shirts in the closet there are 5 black shirt. What is the ratio of number of white shirts to black shirts?
What is 3:5?
5 shovels of sand are mixed with 4 shovels of gravel to make cement. Use the ratio language to describe the ratio of shovels of sand to shovels of gravels.
For every 5 shovels of sand in the mixture there are 4 shovels of gravels.
Of the 15 children at the park, 12 children are riding bikes and 3 children are riding scooters. What s the ratio of bikes to children?
12 to 15 12/15 12:15
For every 3 white shirts in the closet there are 5 black shirt. What is the ratio of number of black shirts to white shirts?
What is 5:3?
Ari can walk 2 miles in 40 min. Use ratio language to describe the ratio relationship.
For every 2 miles, Ari takes 40 minutes.
Or For every 40 minutes, Ari walks 2 miles.
A car can travel 600 miles on 20 gallons of gas. What is the ratio of miles to gallons.
30 to 1 or 30:1
or
600:20
For every 3 white shirts in the closet there are 5 black shirt. What is the ratio of number of white shirts to total shirts?
What is 3:8?
Paul used 6 black tiles and 12 white tiles for a pattern. Use ratio language to describe the ratio of black tiles to white tiles.
For every 6 black tiles Paul used 12 white tiles for a pattern.
A recipe calls for ratio of cups of peas to cups of carrots to be 3 to 2. What is the ratio if you double the recipe?
6:4
For every 3 white shirts in the closet there are 5 black shirt. What is the ratio of number of black shirts to total shirts?
What is 5:8?
30 buses can carry 1500 people. Use ratio language to describe the ratio relationship.
For every 30 buses there are 1500 people who can ride.
Or
Every every 1500 people there are 30 buses.
Ahmad's mom prepares a plate with 5 peaches and 4 apples for 6 students in his study group. What is the ratio of fruit to students written as a fraction?
9:6 or 3:2
For every 3 white shirts in the closet there are 5 black shirt. What is the ratio of total number of shirts to black shirts?
What is 8:5?
Ivy's Fresh Eggs transports its eggs in crates. It takes 2 trucks to carry 80 crates. Use ratio language to describe the ratio relationship.
For every 2 trucks there are 80 crates
Or
For every 80 crates there are 2 trucks.
A recipe uses 2 cups of chopped onions, 6 cups of chopped tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and 3 potatoes. How many cups of tomato are need to triple the recipe? Explain.
18, because 6 X 3 = 18.