Reducing Fractions
Equivalent
Ratios
Equivalent word problems
Ratios
Word Problems
100
6/16
3/8
100
Determine if the ratios are equivalent 12/5 and 36/15
yes
100
In the month of August, a total of 136 registrations were purchased for passenger cars and pickup trucks at the DMW. They reported that for every 3 passenger cars registered, there were 5 pickup trucks registered. How many trauck are there? How many cars?
51 cars 85 trucks
100
Taivon is training for a duathlon, which is a race that consists of running and cycling. The cycling leg is longer than the running leg of the race, so while Taivon trains, he rides his bike more than he runs. During training, Taivon runs 4 miles for every 14 miles he rides his bike. What is the ratio
4:14
100
There are a total of 63 bikes. If the ratio of blue bikes to black bikes is 4 to 5, how many of the bikes are blue?
28 blue bikes
200
35/45
7/9
200
Determine if the ratios are equivalent 4/11 and 11/9
No
200
The ratio of the red chairs to brown chairs is 2 to 4, and there are 16 brown chairs. How many of them are red?
8 red chairs
200
1. The ratio of the number of shaded sections to the number of unshaded sections is 4 to 2. What is the value of the ratio of the number of shaded pieces to the number of unshaded pieces.
2/4
200
At a country concert, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 2: 7. If there are 250 more girls than boys, how many boys are at the concert?
100 boys
300
21/24
7/8
300
Determine if the ratios are equivalent 5/9 and 30/54
What is $21.25?
300
Freddy is searching for a shirt and discovers that he has 12 shirts for every 6 pair of jeans. If he has 18 jeans, how many shirts does he have?
36 shirts
300
Sean was at batting practice. He swung 25 times but only hit the ball 15 times. What is the ratios of hits to swings.
15:25
300
Tom and Rob are brothers who like to make bets about the outcomes of different contests between them. Before the last bet, the ratio of the amount of Tom’s money to the amount of Rob’s money was 4: 7. Rob lost the latest competition, and now the ratio of the amount of Tom’s money to the amount of Rob’s money is 8: 3. If Rob had $280 before the last competition, how much does Rob have now that he lost the bet?
$120
400
8/20
2/5
400
Determine if the ratios are equivalent 9/2 and 63/14
yes
400
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
400
write the ratios 3 and 7 in three different ways
3:7 3/7 3 to 7
400
At a country concert, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is
100 boys
500
20/32
5/8
500
Determine if the ratios are equivalent 2/3 and 5/3
no
500
A sporting goods store ordered new bikes and scooters. For every 3 bikes ordered, 4 scooters were ordered. However, bikes were way more popular than scooters, so the store changed its next order. The new ratio of the number of bikes ordered to the number of scooters ordered was 5: 2. If the same amount of sporting equipment was ordered in both orders and 64 scooters were ordered originally, how many bikes were ordered as part of the new order?
80 bikes
500
The ratio relationship 4 cups of water to 5 cups of juice. Make a table using the ratio.
water juice _____________ 4 5 8 10 12 15 16 20
500
If the ratio of the purple flowers to black flowers is 4 to 8 and there are a total of 108 flowers, how many of the flowers are purple?
36 purple flowers
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