Ratios
Every growler has 4 purple tails and 2 green tails. Altogether, the growlers on a hill have 72 tails. How many of those tails are green?
24 tails
14:40
7:20
A person who weighs 200 pounds on Earth would weigh about 32 pounds on the moon. Find the weight of a person on Earth who would weigh 15 pounds on the moon.
93 3/4 pounds
Jack was planting a tree. He was to dig a hole that was 3 feet deep for every 5 feet of tree height. How deep should he dig the hole for a tree that is 17 feet high?
10 1/5 feet deep
My car gets decent gas mileage: 24 miles per gallon. What is its gas mileage in feet per gallon?
126,720 feet per gallon
At a soccer game, all of the teammates were either playing or resting. The ratio of teammates playing to resting was 4 to 3. How many of the 42 teammates were playing?
24 teammates
12:15:21
4:5:7
A pump can fill a 750-gallon tank in 35 minutes. How long will it take to fill a 1000-gallon tank with this same pump?
If two pounds of meat will serve 5 people, how many pounds will be needed to serve 13 people?
5 1/5 pounds of meat
I walk 10,000 steps per day. How many steps per hour do I take?
416 2/3 steps per hour
The 260 students at the science fair are either wearing blue or yellow blazers. The ratio of blue blazers to yellow blazers is 8:5. How many students are wearing blue blazers?
160 students
4 1/2 : 5
9:10
A recipe calls for 2 ½ cups of flour to make 2 dozen cookies. How many cups of flour would be required to bake 15 dozen cookies?
18 3 /4 cups of flour
Mr. Johnson was paid $190 for a job that required 40 hours of work. At this rate, how much should he be paid for a job requiring 60 hours of work?
$285
How many seconds are in 3 minutes?
180 seconds
For every 6 chocolate chip cookies that Hans ate this year, he ate 5 sugar cookies. He only ate chocolate chip and sugar cookies and this year he ate a total of 165 cookies. How many sugar cookies did Hans eat?
75 sugar cookies
5/2 : 10/2
1:2
The ratio of the cost of a tennis racket to tennis balls is 18:1. If a can of balls costs $5.35, what is the cost of the racket?
$96.30
Amy earned $25 after babysitting for 3 hours. If she always charges the same rate, how much will she make after working for 7 hours?
$58.33 in 7 hours
How many seconds are in 3 hours?
10,800 seconds
The students in Bella’s class walk, cycle, or drive to school in the ratio of 2:1:4. If 8 students walk, how many students are there in Ellie’s class altogether?
28 students
5 1/3 : 2 1/2
If a 4-pound roast takes 150 minutes to cook, how long should a five-pound roast take?
187 1/2 minutes
You estimate that you can do 10 math problems in 45 minutes. How long should it take you to do 18 math problems?
81 minutes
How many weeks are in 196 days?
28 weeks