Writing Ratios
There are 6 cows, 3 pigs, 4 horses, and 8 chickens.
What is the ratio of chickens to cows?
8:6
Simplify the following ratio.
10:8
5:4
The number of hotdogs to hamburgers sold at a baseball game is 8:5. If there were 35 hamburgers sold, how many hot dogs were also sold?
56 hotdogs.
Mrs. Bartlett can make 1 batch of cookies by using 2 cups of sugar and 5 cups of flour. She makes two batches of cookies.
How many cups of sugar does Mrs. Bartlett use if she makes six batches?
12 cups
Chad is making an orange smoothie. The recipe calls for 3 parts frozen yogurt to 5 parts orange juice. How many ounces of frozen yogurt and how many ounces of orange juice does Chad need to make 16 ounces of orange smoothie?
6 ounces frozen yogurt
10 ounces orange juice
There are 6 cows, 3 pigs, 4 horses, and 8 chickens.
What is the ratio of total animals to horses?
21:4
Are these two ratios equivalent?
6:7 and 24:28
Yes
The ratio of the number of donuts to muffins at the grocery store is 9:8. The grocery store has 45 donuts.
How many muffins does the store have?
40 muffins.
The first week of January there are 49 dogs and 28 cats in an animal shelter. The last week in January there are 20 cats in the shelter. How many dogs were in the shelter if the rate is equivalent to the first week of the January?
35 dogs
A jewelry makes an ocean-inspired necklace using a total of 60 snail shells and shark teeth. The ratio of snail shells to shark teeth is 5:1. How many of each does she use?
Snail shells -> 50
Shark teeth -> 10
There are 6 cows, 3 pigs, 4 horses, and 8 chickens.
What is the ratio of horses to pigs?
4:3
Simplify the following ratio.
18:30
3:5
For every 15 chocolate ice cream cones that Bev's sells, they sell 12 twists.
If Bev's sells 48 twists, how many chocolate ice cream cones do they sell?
60 chocolate cones
A community garden center hosts a plant giveaway every spring to help community members start up their gardens. Last year, the giveaway supported 50 families by giving away 150 plants. Based on this ratio, how many plants with the center give out to support 65 families this year?
195 plants
A florist sells 715 roses. Of the roses, 7 out of 11 of them are red. How many red roses does she sell?
455 Red roses
There are 6 cows, 3 pigs, 4 horses, and 8 chickens.
What is the ratio of total number of animals to pigs?
Simplify the ratio to lowest terms.
Determine two equivalent ratios for 24:20.
Answers will vary.
The ratio of the number of boys in a class to the total number of students in the class is 9:18. How many total students are in the grade if there are 60 boys?
120 total students.
A wedding planner uses 72 ivy stems for 18 center pieces. For the venue this weekend she only needs 16 center pieces. How many ivy stems should she use so the ratio of ivy stems to centerpieces stays the same?
64 ivy stems
A field biology collects 220 butterflies and moths. He collects 4 butterflies for every moth. How many butterflies and how many moths does he collect?
Butterflies -> 176
Moths -> 44
There are 6 cows, 3 pigs, 4 horses, and 8 chickens.
What is the ratio of pigs and horses to all animals? Write your answer in simplest form.
7:21 -> 1:3
Are these two ratios equivalent?
8:9 and 10:11
How do you know?
No
Tony is counting out his collections of shoes and hats and for every 6 shoes he has 9 hats. He has 30 hats, how many shoes does he have in his collection?
20 shoes -> Ten pairs!
Angie has been dog walking and after 4 hours she makes $60. Create a table for the values 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours of dog walking and Angie's earnings. The plot the point on a coordinate plane.
2 - 30
4 - 60
6 - 90
8 - 120
Tim sells two types of pizzas. He charges $10 for a cheese and $15 for a pepperoni. Yesterday he sold 64 pizzas in all. For every cheese pizza, he sold 3 pepperoni pizzas. How much money did he make selling pizzas yesterday?
$880