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Word problems
Agree or disagree?
Picture this
Unit Rate
100
Write the ratio squares to circles.
3:1
100
Laney has five dogs and two cats. What is the ratio of dog to cat?
5:2
100
What is the ratio for the number of legs on a bird to number of legs on an elephant. Write the ratio in its simplest form.
2:4=1：2
100
Devon buys 14 gallons of gas and pays $49
What is the cost for 1 gallon of gas?
$3.50
200
Write the ratio of stars to squares.
4:2
4 to 2
200
A farmer has 145 cows for milk and 15 cows for beef. What is the ratio of milk cows to beef cows? Write the ratio in its simplest form.
29:3
200
Disagree, because for every 8 total granola bars, there is 1 cinnamon(肉桂) bar.
200
What is the ratio for a number of lungs we have to number of heart?
2:1
200
At Grab & Go Grocery you can buy 4 yogurts for $7.00
How much would it cost to buy 10 yogurts?
$17.50
300
Write the ratio of shapes to triangles. Write the ratio in its simplest form. 
3 to 1
3:1
300
A construction worker had 12 feet of red wood and 56 feet of brown wood. What is the ratio from the total wood to brown wood? Write the ratio in its simplest form.
68:56=17:14
300
For every 3 squares, there are 2 circles.
So if there are 24 squares, there should be 23 circles.
Disagree. If there are 24 squares, there should be 16 circles.
300
What is the ratio for sides on a rectangle to sides on a triangle?
4:3
300
Lucas read 7 books in 119 days.
At this rate, how long will it take him to read 15 books?
255 days
400
Write the ratio of pink to yellow. 
1:6
400
A baker has 46 macaroons in total. there are 34 red macaroons, and the rest are blue macaroons. What is the ratio of blue to red? Write the ratio in its simplest form.
12:34=6:17
400
A store sells 1 smartwatch for every 8 smartphones.
If they sell 64 smartphones, they should see 8 smartwatches.
Agree. These are equivalent ratios.
400
What is the ratio for the number of wheels on a bus to number of wheels on a bicycle?
4:2
400
Samantha takes 4 hours to deliver newspapers to 212 houses.
How many newspapers does she deliver per hour?
53 newspapers per hour.
500
What is the ratio of moons to suns? Write the ratio in its simplest form. 
3:1
500
A cat finds some rats and rabbits in a barn. The ratio of rabbits to rats is 3：5. If the cat finds 64 animals in total, how many rabbits does the cat find?
24 rabbits
500
Christian has a collection of 18 shark teeth. He identified them as 6 tiger shark teeth, 8 sand shark teeth, and the rest as bull shark teeth.
What does the ratio 4 : 18 represent in this situation? Explain your reasoning.
4 is the amount of bull shark teeth to 18 total shark teeth.
500
What is the ratio for pentagon sides to triangle sides?
5:3
500
If Jess can buy 20 candles for $63.00, how much will it cost her to buy 37 candles?
$116.55