What's the Best Deal?
Two pairs of socks for $3.99 or 8 pairs of socks for $18.99?
Two pairs of socks for $3.99.
What is an equivalent ratio to 14:20?
28:40, 140:200, etc.
A family travels 250 miles in 5 hours. How many miles do they travel per hour?
$3.00 for 6 water bottles or $4.50 for 8 water bottles?
$3.00 for 6 water bottles
Make an equivalent ratio by scaling 15:27 down.
5:9
Paul walks 12 feet in 3 seconds. How many feet does he walk in 1 second?
1 candy bar = $0.89
6 bars = $16.48
48 bars = $35.89
WHY?
48 bars for $35.89
The answer is 3:7. What is the question?
One serving size (22 pretzels) is 120 calories. How many calories is each pretzel? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredths place.)
Each pretzel is 5.45 calories.
120 sheets of paper = $3.00
200 sheets = $4.99
500 sheets = $9.99
750 sheets = $12.99
WHY?
750 sheets of paper for $12.99
For every 3 cups of flour, there is ½ tsp of baking powder. If you decide to triple the recipe, what will the ratio of flour to baking powder be?
9 cups of flour : 1.5 tsp of baking powder
A 3 pound bag of apples contains 12 apples and costs $3.99. What is the unit cost of each apple in the bag? Round your answer to the nearest hundredths.
Each apple cost $0.33.
4 glue sticks = $2.71
8 sticks = $5.40
12 sticks = $7.89
30 sticks = $14.99
48 sticks = $18.99
WHY??
48 glue sticks for $18.99
For every 3 apples, there are 2 oranges. Maggie writes two equivalent ratios for apples to oranges as 6:4 AND 4:6. Is she correct? Why or why not?
Answers will vary.
There are 14 boys on Zoom and 18 girls. What is the ratio of boys to all students on Zoom? Write your answer 4 different ways.
Answers will vary.