Word Problems/Scenarios
Your at the store and you want to buy some apples. There are 2 packs you want to consider. 12 apples for $3 or 28 apples for $4. Which is the better deal?
28 apples for $4
What are 3 ways to write a ratio?
Fraction, colon (:) or words like to.
In a town fair their is 12 hot dog stands to every 4 frozen yogurt stands. If their is a total of 64 stands how many are frozen yogurt?
16 frozen yogurt stands in the fair.
Sarah has 7 blue gems and 2 red gems? What is the ratio of red to blue gems?
2:7
Is 7:28 equivalent to 1:4?
Yes
Every year 2 bake sales occur to every 7 garage sales. If the total amount of bake sales is 30 how many total sales were there for this year.(Bake and garage)
135 total bake and garage sales (total)
Harry is buying candy for Halloween. He wants to find the best deal. If there are 2 different packs and one has 100 pieces of candy for $10 and another pack has 150 pieces of candy for $30, which pack of candy is the better deal?
100 pieces of candy for $10
What is the difference between a rate and a ratio?
A rate has labels and a ratio does not.
What is the simplest form of the ratio 120:180
2:3 (Note. you need to have the SIMPLEST form or most reduced form to get this correct)
What is the simplest form of 18:72
1:4
Jack has 20 apples to every 4 oranges. If he has 80 oranges in total how many apples does he have?
400 apples (That's a lot of apple's)
What do you call a type of rate that compares to 1?
Unit rate. (Unit meaning 1, so 1 of whatever rate you are given)
45 carrots/ 15 broccoli
Rate or Ratio?
Rate
You are in a marathon, in 24 minutes you can run 3km how far in kilometers can you run in 1 minute?
To solve this problem you need to find the unit rate
.125 kilometers
What two other ratios are equivalent to 4:15?
8:30 and 12:45
On Friday Bob has a potluck and orders 5 platters of food but nobody eats anything. On Saturday Bob wanted to host a big feast. He ordered about 20 trays of food. After the event, the people ate only 16 trays of food. On Sunday, Bob hosts a party using the leftovers from Saturday and he orders 20 more platters of food. How many platters of food does he have left? What is the ratio of the number of platters left over on Friday to the number of platters left over on Sunday?
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He has 29 platters left.
Amount of platters left over on Friday: Amount of platters left over on Sunday
5:29
When you go to the pond every 2 minutes you skip 4 rocks, if you spend 54 minutes near the pond how many rocks will you skip
108 rocks
*That's a lot of rocks:
A comparison between 2 numbers
Ratio
You are out shopping for halloween candy, you don't care about the taste you just want to find the best deal. You have 4 different brands to pick from....
A. $15 for 70 pieces of candy
B: $12 for 6 pieces of your favorite candy
C: $27 for 27 pieces of candy
D. $10 for 100 pieces of candy
Brand or Option D is the best deal
If you chose option B pay attention to the question, it said it doesn't matter whether you like the candy or not you are just trying to find the best deal.
In order to find the answer to this problem you had to find the unit rate for each brand. Essentially how much candy are you getting for $1?
Is 3:19 equivalent to 21:152?
No
This is all made up and is not real*****
In the NFL the Cowboys scored 3 points for every 1 point the Browns score if the Browns 8 points how many points did the Cowboys score?
The Cowboys scored 24 points
When you go to the pond every 32 minutes you skip 16 rocks. How many rocks do you skip in 1 minute?
8 rocks
What is a ratio with labels called?
A rate
If A=1 and B=2 and so on, what would be the value of apples: oranges
***Lower and capital case don't matter A=1 a=1 same thing
For ex. the answer could be 2 apples to:4 oranges(something like that) ****not the real answer*****
A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F =6 G=7 H=8 I =9 J = 10 K = 11 L = 12 M = 13 N = 14 O = 15 P = 16 Q = 17 R = 18 S = 19 T = 20 U = 21 V = 22 W = 23 X = 24 Y = 25 Z = 26
50 apples:79 oranges
Is 7:144 equivalent to 1:22
no