Writing Ratios
Ratio word problems
Ratio Stuff
Unit Rate/ Rates
Lets Go Shopping
100
Write a ratio for the following description: Kaleel made three times as many baskets as John during basketball practice.
3:1
100
Sammy and David were selling water bottles to raise money for new football uniforms. Sammy sold 5 water bottles for every 3 water bottles David sold. Together they sold 160 water bottles. How many did each boy sell?
Sammy - 100 David - 60
100
Use the value of the ratio to determine which ratios are equivalent to 7:15 a. 21:45 b. 14:45 c. 3:5 d. 63:135
A and B
100
Angela enjoys swimming and often swims at a steady pace to burn calories. At this pace, Angela can swim 1,700 meters in 40 minutes. What is her unit rate?
42.5:1
100
Mallory is on a budget and wants to determine which cereal is a better buy. A 10 ounce box of cereal costs $ 2.79, and a 13 ounce box of the same cereal costs $3.99. Which is the better deal and what is the price per ounce?
10 ounce at 28 cents per ounce
200
In the cafeteria, 100 milk cartons were put out for breakfast. At the end of breakfast, 27 remained. What is the ratio of the number of milk cartons taken to the total number of milk cartons?
73:100
200
The ratio of the number of people who own a smartphone to the number of people who own a flip phone is 4:3. If 500 more people own a smartphone than a flip phone, how many people own each type of phone?
2000 smart phone, 1500 flip phone.
200
Create a ratio table for making lemonade with a lemon juice - to -water ratio of 1:3. Show how much lemon juice would be needed if you use 36 cups of water to make lemonade.
12 cups lemon juice
200
Potatoes are on sale at both Grocery Mart and Baldwin Hills Market. At Grocery Mart, a 5 pound bag of potatoes cost $ 2.85 and at Baldwin Hills Market a 7 pound bag of potatoes costs $4.20. Which store offers the best deal on potatoes?
Grocery Mart at .57 per pound
200
Vivian wants to buy a watermelon. Kingston’s Market has 10 pound watermelons for $3.90, but the Farmer’s Market has 12 pound watermelons for $ 4.44. Which is the better deal?
Farmers market
300
What do these three ratios, 7:3, 14:6, 21:9, all have in common?
They are equivalent ratios.
300
The Superintendent of Highways is interested in the numbers of commercial vehicles that frequently use the county’s highways. He obtains information from the DMV for the month of September and finds that for every 14 non-commercial vehicles, there were 5 commercial vehicles. If there were 108 more non-commercial vehicles than commercial vehicles, how many of each type of vehicle frequently use the county’s highways during the month of September?
168 non-commercial and 60 commercial
300
A 120 person would weigh about 20 on the earth’s moon. A 150 person would weigh about 28 on Io, a moon of Jupiter. Use ratio tables to determine which moon would make a person weigh the most.
Person on Io weighs more
300
Once a commercial plane reaches the desired altitude, the pilot often travels at a cruising speed. On average, the cruising speed is 570 miles/hour. If a plane travels at this cruising speed for 7 hours, how far does the plane travel while cruising at this speed?
3,990 miles
300
Franny took a road trip to her grandmother’s house. She drove at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour for 2 hours. She took a break and then finished the rest of her trip driving at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour for 2 hours. What was the total distance of Franny’s trip?
220 miles
400
Write two ratios that are equivalent to 3:11
6:22, 9:33, 12:44
400
When Carla looked out at the school parking lot, she noticed that for every 2 minivans, there were 5 other types of vehicles. If there are 161 vehicles in the parking lot, how many of them are not minivans?
115
400
Max and Sheila are making orange juice. Max has mixed 15 cups of water with 4 cups of juice concentrate. Sheila has made her juice by mixing 8 cups of water with 3 cups of juice concentrate. Compare the ratios of juice concentrate to water using ratio tables. State which beverage has a higher juice concentrate to water ratio.
Shelia has the higher juice concentrate to water.
400
Alejandra drove from Michigan to Colorado to visit her friend. The speed limit on the highway is 70 miles/hour. If Alejandra’s combined driving time for the trip was 14 hours, how many miles did Alejandra drive?
980 miles
400
Jill and Erika made 4 gallons of lemonade for their lemonade stand. How many quarts did they make? If they charge $2.00 per quart, how much money will they make if they sell it all?
$32
500
There are 35 boys in the sixth grade. The number of girls in the sixth grade is 42. Lonnie says that means the ratio of the number of boys in the sixth grade to the number of girls in the sixth grade is 5:7. Is Lonnie correct?
NO...5:9
500
The ratio of the number of adults to the number of students at the prom has to be 1:10. Last year there were 477 more students than adults at the prom. If the school is expecting the same attendance this year, how many adults have to attend the prom?
53
500
Kyra is participating in a fundraiser walk-a-thon. She walks 2 miles in 30 minutes. If she continues to walk at the same rate, determine how many minutes it will take her to walk 7 miles. Use a double number line diagram to support your answer.
105 minutes
500
The Piney Creek Swim Club is preparing for the opening day of the summer season. The pool holds 22,410 gallons of water, and water is being pumped in at 540 gallons per hour. The swim club has its first practice in 42 hours. Will the pool be full in time?
Yes
500
The Sopwith Camel was a British, First World War, single seat, biplane fighter introduced on the Western Front in 1917. Traveling at its top speed of 110 mph in one direction for 2.5 hours, how far did the plane travel?
275 miles
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