Ratio Recipes
Mary is baking chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 5 cups of chocolate chips. Mary has 6 cups of flour. How many cups of chocolate chips does she need to add to her mixing bowl in order to keep the same taste for her cookies?
What is 15 cups of chocolate chips?
Miguel loves birds. In fact, he owns 12 parrots. 5/6 of his parrots are female. How many of his parrots are female?
What is 10 female parrots?
George Washington High School Booster Club is struggling to sell it’s basketball team jerseys. So, they decided to hold a sale, marking down their $50 jerseys by 15%. Find the new sales price.
What is $42.50?
Jose is having a party and plans to order 12 pizzas and wants to be sure each guest will be served 2/3 pizzas. How many guests should he invite?
What is 18 guests?
Bernard owns a candy store. Today, he is filling Jelly Bean Bags. He has 5.5 pounds of Jelly Beans and each bag holds 0.25 pounds of beans. How many bags will he be able to fill?
What is 22 bags?
Terry’s Terrific Tacos calls for 2 cups of ground beef for every 5 cups of diced tomatoes. If Terry has 7 cups of ground beef, how many cups of diced tomatoes need to be added to the mix in order to keep the flavor perfect?
What is 17.5 cups of diced tomatoes?
Justin runs ¾ of a mile every day to stay in shape. Today, however, he only ran ½ of this distance. How many miles did he run?
What is 3/8 of a mile?
When Manuela purchased her golfing gloves, she paid $24.50. Then, she had to pay an extra 8% sales tax. What was the total cost of her gloves?
What is $26.46?
Dorothy is building a picture frame for her sister. She has 3/4 meters of dark mahogany. If each side of the frame requires 3/8 meter of wood, how many sides of the frame can she build?
What is 2 sides?
Michelle is building a car for the local soap box derby. The floorboards of her car need to be 2.2 meters long. If she has 13.2 meters of wood, how many floorboards can she make?
What is 6 floorboards?
Samar’s Strawberry Pies are very tasty because Samar uses 4 cups of sugar for every 5 cups of strawberries. If Samar has added 6 cups of sugar to his mixing bowl, how many cups of strawberries need to be added in order to maintain the desired flavor?
What is 7.5 cups of strawberries?
Jennifer owns 4 pounds of gold. Her earrings weight 3/5 of this amount. How much does the gold in her earrings weigh?
What is 2 2/5 (12/5) pounds?
Francis wanted to purchase a new tablet. Edgar’s Electronic offered a savings of 25% on a tablet originally costing $499. How much will Francis pay for this product?
What is $374.25?
Shirley has 5/6 ounces of gold. Each pair of earrings she creates requires 2/9 ounces of gold. How many earring can she make from this amount of gold?
What is 3 3/4 (45/12) earrings?
“Dive!” said Captain Nathan, as swiftly the submarine began its downward journey at a rate 3.6 feet per second. How long did it take the submarine to descend 214.2 feet?
What is 59.5 seconds?
Betty’s Beautiful Biscuits uses 5 teaspoons of olive oil for every 8 teaspoons of salt. If Betty adds 9 teaspoons of oil to the mixing bowl, how many teaspoons of salt does she need to add for fluffy and moist biscuits?
What is 14.4 teaspoons of salt?
Nathan has a very nice aquarium. 2/3 of his fish have stripes 3/7 of the striped fish are over 6 inches long. What fraction of the fish in his aquarium are striped fish over 6 inches in length. Write your answer in its simplest form.
What is 2/7 of his fish?
Henry’s Heavenly Hot Dogs sell for $3.95. If the sales tax is 9%, what is the total cost of just one of his heavenly treats?
(Round the sales tax to the nearest penny.)
What is $4.31?
Omar is baking his world famous chocolate chip cookies. Each batch calls for 4/9 pounds of chocolate chips. If Omar currently has 5 1/3 pounds of chocolate chips, how many batch of cookies can he bake?
What is 12 batches of cookies?
Kumfee Wool socks sell for $0.95. If Jenny has $5.89, how many pairs of socks can she buy? Give both mathematical and actual answers.
What is 6.2 (mathematical) and 6 (actual) pairs of socks?
Charlotte’s Chocolate calls for 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder for every 7 teaspoons of sugar. Charlotte wants to make a small pitcher of hot chocolate and has added 5 teaspoons of cocoa powder to the milk. How much sugar does she need to add for a tasty cup of hot chocolate?
What is 17.5 teaspoons of sugar?
To make a large batch of trail mix, Helen uses 4 2/3 pounds of nuts. 2/7 of these nuts are peanuts. How many pounds of peanuts will you find in a single batch of Helen’s trail mix? Write your answer in its simplest form.
What is 1 1/3 (4/3) pounds of peanuts?
Big Sale: Sarah’s Slacks. 35% off.
What will you pay for a pair of leather slacks costing $189.99.
(Round your savings to the nearest penny.)
What is $123.49?
If Maria swims 4 4/5 miles each week, and each day she swims 1 1/5 miles, how many days each week does she swim?
What is 4 days?
At Michelle’s Market, a small bottle of Oliver’s Orange Juice sell for $0.54. If Maurice has $4.59, how many bottles can he buy? Give both mathematical and actual answers.
What is 8.5 (mathematical) and 8 (actual) bottles?