Understand Ratios
Paul's swim team has 12 boys and 3 girls write this ratio in 3 different ways
12:3 12/3 12 to 3
Write 2 equivalent ratios to 9:7
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78 miles on 3 gallons. How many miles for 5 gallons. Hint (find the unit rate first, then multiply both the top and the bottom by 5.
130 miles
Who is faster. Ken runs 3 laps in 5 minutes or Maria who runs 4 laps in 7 minutes?
Ken
3 gal=_____qts
12 qts
8:20 8/20 8 to 20
Make 2 equivalent ratios to 14:4
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In one hour, 14 cars passed down the street. If this rate continues, how long will it take for 70 cars to pass.
It will take 5 hours for 70 cars to pass.
Which is a better value 4 bananas for $5 or 5 bananas for $6
5 banans for $6
10 pts=_____qts
5 qts
If there are 5 roses for every two roses and the florist uses a total of 10 roses how many white roses did she use?
4 white roses
The Chu family hikes 3 miles per hour. How long will it take them to hike 15 miles?
5 hours
what's the unit rate for 48 sandwiches and 16 people
3 sandwiches for 1 person
Paul went to the store. He could buy 7 bananas for 14 dollars or he could buy 3 bananas for 6 dollars. Find the unit rate for both bunches and tell which has the better unit price.
They both have the same unit price!
16 yards=______ft
48 ft
A preschool has a student to teacher ratio of 5:2. If there are 45 students in the class, how many teachers are needed?
18 teachers
Shelter A has a ratio of cats to dogs that is 9:7. Shelter B has a ratio of cats to dogs that is 6:5. Which shelter has a higher ratio of dogs?
Shelter B 18:15
what's the unit rate for 49 houses in 7 blocks.
7 houses in 1 block
Each folder in the package of 10 costs $0.12 and each folder in the package of 8 costs $0.14
12 oz=_____lbs
0.75 lbs
A football player runs 80 yards in 25 seconds. If he maintained the same rate of speed how far could he run in 60 seconds?
192 yards
A boys basketball team has a ratio of seniors to juniors that is 7:4. The girls basketball team has a ratio of seniors to juniors that is 3 to 2. If each team has 12 juniors which team has more seniors?
The boys basketball team
In one minute Alex can type 44 words. At the same rate, how long would it take him to type 176 words?
4 minutes.
Ben can buy a package of 5 t-shirts for $26.25 or a package of 3 t-shirts for 14.25. What is the unit price, per t-shirt in each package?
Each t-shirt in the package of 5 costs $5.25. Each t-shirt in the package of 3 cost $4.75.
5 pt=______c
10 c