Ratio Jeopardy

Ratios

100

In a drawing, there are three circles, four stars, and three triangles. What is the ratio of stars to the total number of shapes.

What is 2/5 or 4/10

200

Lil blew up 7 balloons. Kathy blew up 5 balloons. What is the ratio of total balloons to Kathy's balloons?

12 to 5

300

The recipe calls for 2 eggs, 8 cups of flour, 3 teaspoons of oil, and a pinch of salt. What is the ratio of cups of flour to eggs?

8:2 OR 4:1

400

There are 10 rabbits in a cage. The ratio of white rabbits to grey rabbits is 3:7. How many white rabbits are in the cage?

3 white rabbits

500

There are 5 mice in a cage. The ratio of pink mice to black mice is 2:3. How many black mice are in the cage?

3 mice

Equivalent Ratios

100

An equivalent ratio to 1:2

What is {2:4, 3;6, 4:8. 5:10, 6:12...}

200

Ari can walk 2 miles in 40 min. What is the amount of time it will take him to walk 4 miles.

80 min.

300

Paul used 6 black tiles and 12 white tiles for a pattern. What is the ratio of black tiles to white tiles?

1:2 or 6:12

400

30 buses can carry 1500 people. What is the number of people that can be carried by 5 buses.

250 people

500

Ivy's Fresh Eggs transports its eggs in crates. It takes 2 trucks to carry 80 crates. What is the number of crates that 8 trucks can carry.

320 crates

Unit Rate

100

The amount of books that can fit in one box if 35 books can fit in 5 boxes. 

What is 7 books ?

200

The amount of cupcakes that fit on one tray if 56 cupcakes fit on 8 trays. 

What is 7 cupcakes?

300

The grocery store clerk stacks 38 items onto 4 shelves in 2 hours. Calculate the amount of items the clerk would stack in 30 hours. 

What is 570 items in 30 hours?

400

The average person blinks 50 times every 2.5 minutes. Calculate the amount of blinks that occur in 1 minute. 

What is 20 blinks per minute?

500

Calculate the unit rate for the following problem: Whitney is starting a clothing store. With 14 spools of thread, she can sew 28 dresses. If Whitney needs 150 dresses for opening day in 12 days, and each spool of thread costs $9.65, how much will the thread cost to make the sweaters for opening day? 

What is $723.75?

Ratio Tables

100

Three cups of water weigh 12 ounces. Create a ratio table to show the weight of 10 cups of water. 

40 ounces

200

Martin can read 4 pages in 7 minutes. Create a ratio table that will show how long it takes him to read 9 pages. 

What is 15 minutes and 45 seconds?

300

Five dogs can eat 16 slices of pizza. Create a ratio table to show how many slices 20 dogs can eat. 

What is 64 slices? 

400

A typist can type 120 words in 100 seconds. Create a ratio table to show how many seconds it would take to type 258 words, then convert and round your answer to the nearest minute. 

What is approximately 3 minutes?

500

The ratio of oil to vinegar in a certain salad dressing is 8:5. Create a ratio table to show how much oil must be mixed with 7 liters of vinegar. 

What is 11 1/5 liters?