Ratios
A comparison of two or more things.
What is a ratio
My sandwich has 2 pieces of bread, 3 slices of ham, 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice of roast beef, 3 pieces of lettuce, 2 slices of onion, 3 slices of cheddar cheese, 1 slice of pepper jack cheese.
This is the ratio of bread to roast beef.
What is 2:1
On a road trip a person was able to drive 300 miles in 5 hours. This is their miles per hour.
What is 60 miles per hour?
You can run 6 miles in 1 hour. This is how far you can run in 2 hours.
What is 12 miles?
This is the least expensive brand.
What is "Shoe-perb" brand.
I have 4 blue marbles and 3 green marbles. This is the ratio of blue to green marbles.
What is 4 to 3?
My sandwich has 2 pieces of bread, 3 slices of ham, 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice of roast beef, 3 pieces of lettuce, 2 slices of onion, 3 slices of cheddar cheese, 1 slice of pepper jack cheese.
This is the ratio of Cheese to Meat. (Do not need to simplify this time)
What is 4:6 or 2:3
You were able to read 20 pages of a book in a half an hour. This is your pages per hour.
What is 40 pages per hour?
3 packs of Coke are $12. You only want 2 packs. This is how much you'll pay.
What is $8.00?
Meatco brand meat-like product sells canned "Beeph" 3 for $2. Whereas Beafy Brand Beef Substitute sells theirs canned "Beaf" 5 for $6.
This is the least expensive product.
What is Meatco brand "Beeph"?
There are 30 black cars for every 2 red cars. This is the SIMPLIFIED ratio of black to red cars.
What is 15:1?
My sandwich has 2 pieces of bread, 3 slices of ham, 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice of roast beef, 3 pieces of lettuce, 2 slices of onion, 3 slices of cheddar cheese, 1 slice of pepper jack cheese.
This is the ratio of Meat to Not Meat
What is 6:11
A shopper was able to buy 4 pounds of grapes for $6.00. This is the cost of grapes per pound.
What is $1.50 per pound?
A car burns up 10 gallons of gas after 325 miles. This is how far that car can go on 2 gallons of gas.
What is 65 miles?
The car upgrade store "Car-Crossed Lovers" promises that with their engine upgrade your car can go 600 miles with only 7 gallons of gas.
Whereas "Grinds my Gears" promises 264 miles on just 3 gallons of gas.
This company promises the better miles per gallon.
What is "Grinds my Gears"?
There are 9 dogs, 6 cats and 10 humans. This is the SIMPLIFIED ratio of pets to humans.
What is 3 to 2?
My sandwich has 2 pieces of bread, 3 slices of ham, 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice of roast beef, 3 pieces of lettuce, 2 slices of onion, 3 slices of cheddar cheese, 1 slice of pepper jack cheese.
This is the ratio of Veggies to Total Ingredient
What is 5:17
After working thirteen and a half hours a worker made $303.75. This is how much they make per hour.
What is $22.50 per hour?
A baker can make 3 dozen pastries in 54 minutes. At this rate how long would it take to make 48 pastries?
What is 72 minutes?
"Frying Nemo" seafood restaurant can make 6 dozen fish an chips in 15 minutes.
Whereas "The Codfather" says they can make 120 fish and chips in 35 minutes
This company can make MORE fish per minute.
What is "Frying Nemo"?
One math class had 60 correct answers, 12 incorrect answers and 6 questions left blank. This is the SIMPLIFIED ratio of questions left blank to questions attempted?
What is 1:12?
My sandwich has 2 pieces of bread, 3 slices of ham, 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice of roast beef, 3 pieces of lettuce, 2 slices of onion, 3 slices of cheddar cheese, 1 slice of pepper jack cheese.
This is the ratio of Bread to not Cheese.
What is 2:13
In 15 minutes you can answer 6 questions. This is the number of questions you can answer per hour.
What is 24 questions per hour?
Every 90 minutes a binge-watcher can see 3 episodes of their favorite show. This is how many episodes they can watch in 4 hours.
"The Rolling Cones" can pump out 40 soft-serve ice creams in 12 minutes.
Whereas "I Scream" can make 3 dozen in a quarter-hour.
This company can make MORE ice creams in a minute.
What is "The Rolling Cones"?