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 in lowest terms?
2/5
5 shovels of sand are mixed with 4 shovels of gravel to make cement. What is the number of shovels of gravel needed for 45 shovels of sand?
36 shovels of gravel
Are the ratios 14/35 and 20/50 equivalent?
Yes, they are. Their common ratio is 2:5.
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? WRITE 3 WAYS!
Double points if you write them in all 3 ways in lowest terms.
12 to 15 12/15 12:15
4 to 5 4/5 4:5
Lilly blew up 7 balloons. Kathy blew up 5 balloons. What is the ratio of total balloons to Kathy's balloons?
12 to 5
Ari can walk 2 miles in 40 min. What is the amount of time it will take him to walk 4 miles?
80 min.
Are the ratios 7/12 and 21/39 equivalent?
No, they are not. 7/12 is equivalent to 21/36 and 21/39 is equivalent to 7/13.
A car can travel 600 miles on 20 gallons of gas. How far did it travel on 1 gallon?
30 miles to 1 gallon
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 in lowest terms?
4:1
Paul used 6 black tiles and 12 white tiles for a pattern. What is the ratio of black tiles to white tiles in lowest terms?
1:2
In the workbench drawer, the ratio of hex bolts to all bolts is 4:24. What would be the process for creating a ratio table for this information?
multiply by 6
The ratio of cups of peas to cups of carrots is 3 to 2. Write 3 equivalent ratios.
6 to 4, 12 to 8, 15 to 10
The ratio of white rabbits to grey rabbits is 3:7. How many white rabbits are in the cage if there are 30 total rabbits?
9 white rabbits
30 buses can carry 1500 people. What is the number of people that can be carried by 5 buses?
250 people
In a recent student government election, the ratio of students who voted for the winner to all the students who voted was 7:14. What is the process to create a ratio table for this information?
Multiply by 2
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
The ratio of pink mice to black mice is 2:3. How many total mice are in the cage if there are 15 black mice in the cage?
25 mice
Ivy's Fresh Eggs transports its eggs in crates. It takes 2 trucks to carry 80 crates. What is the number of crates that 5 trucks can carry?
200 crates
In basketball, Katrina makes 12 out of every 22 free throws. Her coach claims that if she tries 44 free throws, she should make 18 of them. Is the coach's claim correct?
No the coach is not correct. She should make 18 out of 33 or 24 out of 44 free throws.
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.