Ratios
Proportions
Word Problems
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form: 8 to 30
What is 4/15
100

Yoshi’s yogurt contains 15 calories per ounce. How many calories are in an 8-ounce container of Yoshi’s yogurt?

120 calories

100
Julie was able to walk 16 miles through the park in 6 hours. How long will it take her to walk 24 miles through the park?
What is 9 hours
100

A ___________ is a comparison of two quantities by division.

Ratio.

100

Represent this as a ratio: 5 boys to 8 girls.

Show all three forms.

5/8      5 to 8       5:8

200

Write the ratios of I's to amount of letters in the word "Mississippi"

What is 4/11

200

Emily earns $7.50 per hour. How much does she earn in 3 hours?

$22.50

200
The ratio of vanilla pudding to chocolate pudding in a banana split pie is 4 to 3. Olivia has 64 oz of vanilla pudding. How much chocolate pudding does she need?
What is 48 ounces.
200

Ratios that make the same comparison are __________.

Equivalent ratios.

200

Represent this as a ratio: 16 blonde students to 13 dark haired students.

Show all three forms.

16/13       16 to 13       16:13

300
Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form: 66 inches to 72 inches
What is 11/12
300

An antelope can run 152.5 miles in 2.5 hours. What is average speed of the antelope?

61 miles/hour

300
If there are 1200 calories in an 8 oz piece of cheesecake, how many calories are in a 3 oz piece of cheesecake?
What is 450 calories
300

Hakuna Matata means.....

No worries

300

There are 16 teachers, 30 students, and 2 administrators. Represent the ratio between teachers and the entire group.

Show all three forms.

1/3       1 to 3        1:3

400
There are 140 students in 8th grade. If 80 of the students are girls, write the ratio of girls to boys in 8th grade.
What is 4/3
400

A bag of Doritos costs $3.99 for 9.75 oz. What is the unit price?

41.1 cents per oz.

400
Annie bought 3 bags of special candy for $1.20. How much do 8 bags of candy cost?
What is $3.20
400

_________ are rates in which the second quantity is one.

Unit rates.

400

Convert 2.5 pounds to ounces.

Note: 1 pound = 16 ounces

40 oz.

500

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form 30 seconds to 5 minutes

What is 6:1

500

There are two bags of Takis that can be bought. The smaller bag is $2.69 for 9.9 oz. The party size bag is $3.99 for 20 oz. Which is the better deal? Why?

Small bag: 27.2 cents per oz.

Large bag: 20 cents per oz.

The large bag is the better deal.

500
The moats separating the people from the animals are 5 m wide for bears and 4 m wide for leopards. If the bears' moats is 4 m deep, how deep should the leopards' moat be?
What is 3.2 m for the leopards
500

A ______________ is a statement that two ratios or rates are equivalent.

Proportion.

500

The ratio of an objects weight on earth to its weight on the moon is 6:1. The first person to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong. He weighed 165 lbs. on earth. What was his weight on the moon?

27.5 pounds

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