Equivalent Ratios
5 adults to 30 students
1 adult to 6 students
30 fish to 18 people
30 fish/18 people
5 fish/3 people
in 2.5 hours a car moves 130 miles
130 miles/ 2.5 hours
52 miles per hour
How many inches are there in 3.25 feet?
39 inches
A bathtub is being filled with water at a rate of 12 gallons per minute. The two variables in this problem are the time the tub has been filling, t, and the volume, v, that has filled the tub.
which variable was the dependent one? Which was the independent one?
dependent: volume
independent: time
14 pens to 7 pencils
2 pens to 1 pencil
12 adults to 27 students:
12 adults/27 students
4 adults/9 students
in 6 seconds sound will travel 6,750 feet
6,750 feet/6 seconds
1,125 feet per second
A garden has a length of 54 feet. What is its length in yards?
18 yards
Jasmine is going to put $20 worth of gasoline in her car. She goes to the gas station where she pays a price of p-dollars per gallon for gas and gets g-gallons for it. Which of these two variables, the price or the gallons, is the dependent variable?
gallons is the dependent variable
5 birds to 2 cats is equivalent to __________ birds to 16 cats.
40 birds
$20 to 5 tacos
$20/5 tacos
$4/1 taco
2 cups of flour to 4 cups of water
2 cups of flour/4 cups of water
1/2 cup of flour per cup of water
If there are 16 pints per two gallons then how many pints are there in 5 gallons?
40 pints
Brian is running at a pace where it takes him 8 minutes to run one mile. Let T represent the time that Brian has run, in minutes, and let D represent the distance he has run, in miles.
List which of these two variables is dependent and which is independent below.
dependent: time that brian runs
independent:distance brian runs
3 forks to 2 spoons is equivalent to 36 forks to _________ spoons.
24 spoons
51 pounds per 15 sacks
51 pounds/15 sacks
17 pounds/5 sacks
Rosa runs 100 meters in 16 seconds
100 meters/16 seconds
divide numerator and denominator by 4
25/4 = 6.25 meters per second
There are 16 ounces in a pound. How many pounds does a 132-ounce package weigh?
8.25 ounces
Brian is running at a pace where it takes him 8 minutes to run one mile. Let T represent the time that Brian has run, in minutes, and let D represent the distance he has run, in miles.
Write an equation that gives the time Brian runs, T, in terms of the distance he has run, D.
t = 8d
3 people sitting to 4 standing is equivalent to 15 people sitting to ________ standing.
20 standing
26 feet per 4 seconds
26 feet/4 seconds
13 feet/2 seconds
$10 for 4 tickets at the fair
$10/4 tickets
divide numerator and denominator by 2
$5/2 tickets = $2.50 per ticket
There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. Which of the following is the number of centimeters in a foot?
(1) 25.62 (3) 29.83 (2) 28.54 (4) 30.48
(4) 30.48
A car can drive 32 miles on one gallon of gas. Which equation below relates the miles, m, the car can drive on g-gallons of gas?
(1) g = 32m (2) g = m + 32
(3) m = g + 32 (4) m = 32g
(4) m = 32g