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100

A cookie recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar for every 4 cups of flour. How many cups of flour does Ms. Yong need if she is using 2 cups of sugar?

8

100

Name one equivalent ratio to 1:2

2:4, 3:6, 4:8, etc...

100

I have 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom in my current house. How many bedrooms and bathrooms would I have if I bought a new house that is twice as big?

4 bedrooms: 2 bathrooms

100

I have 3 eggs and 4 slices of bacon. What is the ratio of eggs:bacon?

3:4

100
What is the ratio of days in the weekend:total weekdays?

2:7

200

Mr. Otis is making hot cocoa. For each scoop of cocoa powder, he needs 3 cups of milk. How many cups of milk will he use if he has 4 scoops of cocoa powder?

12

200
True/False: 2:5 and 3:6 are equivalent

False! Adding one to each side doesn't make them equivalent, we must add the proportional amount (4:10)

200

Mr. Otis is going for a run. He runs at a pace of 8 minutes per mile. How long will it take him to run 10 miles?

80 minutes (1 hour 20 minutes)

200

If I have 4 peanut butter cookies for every 5 chocolate chip cookies, what is the ratio between the two types of cookies?

4:5

200

Ms. Yong ate 3 slices of pizza in a box of 8 total slices. What is the ratio of slices left:total slices?

5:8

300

Ms. Woll is making pepperoni and olive pizza. Each slice of pizza has 5 pepperoni's and 2 olives. How many total pepperoni's and olives will there be in a box of pizza that has 6 slices? Answer individually for both pepperoni's and olives

30 Pepperonis

12 Olives

300

3:5 is equivalent to 9:?

15

300

In one Blueprint Math Lab school, there are 2 fellows and 6 students. What is the ratio of fellows to students across 4 schools?

8:24

300

At the cafeteria, there are 13 tables, and 6 of them are being used. What is the ratio of used tables:non-used tables?

Six Sevennnn
300

There are 3 cakes, 2 pies, and 4 pints of ice cream for dessert at a dinner party. What is the ratio of pies:total desserts?

2:9

400

Ms. Ummat is making banana bread for everyone at WOMS! She needs 3 bananas for each loaf of bread. If she used 30 bananas, how many loaves of bread did she make?

10

400

What is the difference between a ratio of 2:3 and 3:2? Feel free to give an example

*see responses, open ended question*

400

There are 3 dogs for every cat at the animal shelter. If there are 20 total animals, how many cats are there?

5

400

I just made a playlist. It has 10 songs by Kendrick Lamar, and the playlist is 50 songs total. What is the ratio of Kendrick:non-Kendrick songs?

10:40

400

Steph Curry scored 40 points against the Lakers, and the Warriors won 120-104. What is the ratio of Curry's points:Warriors points? 

FOR BONUS POINTS: What is the ratio of Curry's points:all total points?

40:120

BONUS: 40:224

500

A recipe for cake calls for 1/2 cup of sugar, 2 1/2 cups of flour, and 1  of butter. How much sugar, flour, and butter do I need if I am making 6 cakes?

3 cups of sugar

15 cups of flour

6 cups of butter

500

4:5 is equivalent to 2:?

2 1/2

500

It takes me 2 1/2 hours to drive from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe driving at a rate of 60 miles per hour. How many miles did I drive?

150 miles

500

Last week, I spent 8 hours a day on my phone... it was way too much!

This week, I want to cut my screen time in half. What is my NEW ratio of screen time:non-screen time in any given day?

4:20

500

There are 50 students in 6th grade. If 30 are girls, what is the ratio of boys:students?

20:50

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