Ratio Language
In a fruit basket with 8 apples and 5 oranges, what is the ratio of oranges to apples?
The ratio is 5:8 or 5 to 8
You paid $10 for 5 ice cream cones. What is the rate in dollars per cone?
$2 per cone
Find the missing number to make the ratios equivalent: 4:5 = __ :20
16
At the grocery store, 4 avocados cost $4.00. What is the unit price per avocado?
$1.00 per avocado
Using the ratio 1 foot : 12 inches, how many inches are in 5 feet?
60 inches
A soccer team has 7 players on the bench and 11 players on the field. What is the ratio of players on the bench to the total number of players on the team?
7:18 (because 7 + 11 = 18 total players)
A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is the car's speed in miles per hour?
60 miles per hour.
Which of these ratios is not equivalent to 3:9?
(A) 1:3
(B) 6:18
(C) 2:8
C (2:8)
What is 50% of 90?
45
Use the ratio 1 gallon : 4 quarts to find how many gallons are in 16 quarts.
4 gallons
For every 3 dogs at the park, there were 4 cats. Write this relationship as a ratio in two different ways.
3:4 and 3 to 4
A recipe has a ratio of 2 cups of flour to 3 cups of milk. How much flour is there for each cup of milk?
cup of flour for each cup of milk
To make a paint color, you mix 2 parts blue with 7 parts yellow. If you use 6 parts blue, how many parts yellow do you need?
21 parts yellow
If it took 4 hours to drive 240 miles, at that rate, how far could you drive in 8 hours?
480 miles
A snake is 2 yards long. How many inches long is the snake? (Hints: 1 yard = 3 feet, 1 foot = 12 inches)
72 inches
The ratio of teachers to students at a school is 1:20. Explain what this ratio means in words. (hint: use "for every")
For every 1 teacher, there are 20 students
Store A sells a 12-pack of soda for $6.00. What is the unit price?
$.50 per can
Complete the missing value in this table of equivalent ratios:
| Sugar (cups) | Flour (cups) |
| :---: | :---: |
| 3 | 4 |
| 9 | ? |
12
A survey found that 12 students, which was 25% of the class, chose pizza as their favorite food. How many students are in the entire class?
48 students
A race is 5 kilometers long. How many meters is the race? (Hint: 1 kilometer = 1,000 meters)
5,000 meters
A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of sugar, and 2 eggs. What is the ratio of dry ingredients (flour and sugar) to all ingredients?
3:5 (because there are 3 cups of dry ingredients and 5 total ingredients).
A printer can print 25 pages in 5 minutes. How many will it print in 10 minutes?
50 pages
The ratio of toads to frogs in a band is 4 to 3. If there are a total of 42 students in the band, how many are frogs?
18 frogs.
It takes a worker 8 hours to build 5 chairs. At this rate, how many complete chairs can the worker build in a 40-hour work week?
25 chairs
A cheetah can run 88 feet per second. How fast is this in feet per minute?
5,280 feet per minute