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There are 4 cats and 6 dogs. Write a ratio of dogs to cats. Simplify!
3:2
Share $80 in the ratio 5:3
$50 : $30
The ratio of apples to bananas in a fruit bowl is 3:5. There are 15 bananas, how many apples are there?
9 apples
1 gallon of water is sold for .85c. Two gallons is sold for $1.72. Which is the better value for money?
1 gallon
1935 people visit a library during one week. The ratio of children:adults is 1:4. How many more adults than children visited the library?
1161
Simplify:
35:7
5:1
Share $160 in the ratio 1:4:5
16:64:80
There are 7 butterflies, 3 lady bugs, 12 spiders, and 6 flies in big tube. What is the ratio of spiders to the total number of insects?
3:7
James and Maddie are selling cupcakes. James is selling 6 for $5. Maddie is selling 4 for $3.50. Who is selling cupcakes for better value?
James
For every 12 blue cars a factory makes, it makes 15 black cars. If the factory made 80 blue cars, how many are black?
100 black cars
Simplify 24:72
1:3
The size of the interior angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:3:8. Calculate the difference in size between the largest and smallest angles.
120 - 45 = 75 degrees
The ratio of the number of witches to brooms is 6:11. If there are 66 brooms, how many witches are there?
36 witches
Officeworks offers 150 sheets of paper for .75c and 400 sheets for £2.05. Which is the better value?
150 sheets for 0.75c
Mr Rogers is organising a trip to the football maths for 84 children. The ratio of teachers on the trip to children on the trip is 1:6. Each bus holds 30 passengers. How many buses are needed?
4
If there are 35 students in the class and 16 girls. Write the ratio of girls to boys in simplest form.
16:19
A farmer has sheep, cows and chickens. The ratio of sheep to cows is 4:3. The ratio of chickens to sheep is 10:3. How many sheep, cows and chickens does he have?
61
The ratio of the number of days it rains to the number of days it doesn't rain is 3:1. If it rained for 36 days, how many did it NOT rain?
12 days it doesn't rain
Barnaby has 288 counters in a bag. The counters are red, yellow, and white. 3/8 of the counters are red. The other colours are yellow and white in the ratio 1:4. How many counters of each colour are there?
Red - 108
Yellow - 36
White - 144
A farmer keeps sheep, cows and chickens. The ratio of sheep to cows is 4:3. The ratio of chickens to sheep is 10:3. What is the ratio of sheep:cows:chickens
12:9:40
There are between 30 and 40 sweets in a bag. Ben and Daisy share the sweets exactly in the ratio 4:5. How many sweets were originally in the bag?
36
I am making a dinner for a fundraiser. The ratio of cups of cheese to cups of vegetables is 9:4. If you have 96 cups of vegetables, how many cups of cheese do you need?
216
Two shops sell the same perfume which usually sells 100ml for $40. Shop A is selling 50% extra for free. Shop B is selling them on a buy one get one half price sale. Which offer is better?
Shop A is better
Alice had 7x sweets and Olivia had 3x sweets. Alice gives 3 sweets to Olivia. The sweets are now in the ratio 5:3. How many sweets were there in total?
Alice had 28 sweets, Olivia had 12 sweets. Total = 40 sweets.