Simplifying Ratios
Simplify the following ratio:
0.45 : 0.9
1:2
Are the following ratios equivalent?
3/7 to 2/5
No
For every 5 pet owls at Hogwarts there are 2 pet cats. If there are 30 pet cats, how many owls are there?
75 owls
If Alex can type 120 words in 4 minutes, at what rate in words per minute does he type?
30 words per minute
Find Mimi's speed if she travels 50 miles in 2 hours
25 miles per hour
Simplify the Ratio
72 seconds : 1.5 minutes
4:5
Are the following Ratios Equivalent
12/16 to 3/4
Yes
The ratio of pink hearts to red hearts is 2:3. If there are a total of 20 hearts in the picture, how many hearts are pink?
8 pink hearts
Find the unit price of 5 apples that cost $3.25?
$0.65 per apple
Suppose that a car travels 78 miles in 1 and1/2 hours. How can you find the car’s speed in miles per hour? What is the car’s speed in miles per hour?
52 miles per hour
Simplify the Ratio
4 and 3/4 : 1/2
19:2
Solve for x
x:4 = 7:12
x=7/3
Two out of every five girls received a secret admirer valentine card this year. If there are 50 girls, how many of them received a secret admirer card?
20 cards
What is the better deal:10 bags of hot cheetos for $3.50 or 15 bags of Doritos for $5.30?
10 bags f Hot Cheetos
Suppose you drive for 3 hours at a rate of 70miles per hour, how far did you travel?
210 miles
Simplify the Ratio
0.45 to 3/5
3:4
Solve for x:
3x:8 = 14:25
x = 112/75
The ratio of milk chocolate covered strawberries to white chocolate strawberries is 3:7. If there are 24 more white chocolate strawberries than milk chocolate strawberries, how many milk chocolate strawberries are there?
18 white chocolate
Find the better deal: $33.75 for 5 hats or $53.20 for 8 hats
8 hats
The average speed of a ship for the first hour of a journey is 32 km/h. Its average speed for the next 2 hours is 41 km/hr. Find its average speed for the whole journey.
38 miles per hour
Simplify the Ratio
2.5 ft : 48 in
5:8
6:x = 4 and 1/2
x = 24/9 or 8/3
The ratio of chocolate frogs to BertieBotts Every Flavor Beans sold at Honeydukes is 5:3. Last Saturday there were 120 more Chocolate frogs sold than BertieBotts Beans. How many Beans were sold?
180 Beans
The seventh grade purchased 83 ornaments from an online store for a total of $349.67. The eighth grade purchased 97 of the same ornaments from a local vendor for a total of $397.27. Which grade received a better deal on the ornaments? What was their unit price?
8th grade: $4.10
On the way to the beach your family traveled from Baton Rouge to Gulf Shores at an average speed of 70 mph for 4 hours and took a lunch break. Then you traveled at an average speed of 75 mph to get to Destin in 2 hours. What was your average speed for the trip? (round to nearest whole number)
About 72 miles per hour