Ratios
Lisa has 12 boxes of candy and 18 bags of popcorn. Write a ratio that relates the number of bags of popcorn to boxes of candy.
18 to 12 ; 3 to 2
A Java book is comprised of two sections core and advanced Java in the ratio 7:2. How much of each type of content will be needed to make a book of 450 pages?
350 core and 100 Java
Amra can run 20 kilometers in 3 hours at a steady rate. How long will it take her to run just 5 kilometers?
180 minutes ÷ 20 = 9 minutes, 9 x 5 =
45 minutes
A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 35 ballgames, how many games did he win?
28 games
Your brother traveled 117 miles in 2.25 hours to come home for school break. What’s the average speed that he was traveling?
52 mph
Zachary has nickels, dimes, and quarters in the ratio of 1 : 4 : 2. If 28 of Zachary's coins are quarters, how many nickels and dimes does Zachary have?
Zachary has 14 nickels and 56 dimes.
12 miles is approximately equal to 6 km. How many km are equal to 18 miles? How many miles are equal to 42 km?
18 miles = 9 miles
42 km = 84 miles
I can type 400 words per hour. How many minutes will it take me to write a report with 2,000 words?
2,000 ÷ 400 = 5 hours =
300 minutes
Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?
$1,920
The tables at the party are shaped like the hexagon. If you put the tables together, how many would you need for 50 people?
12 tables
A bag contains 60 marbles, some blue and some green. The ratio of blue marbles to green ones is 1 : 5. How many blue marbles are there?
10
Mr. Jeff divided his money in the ratio 4:2 between Jon and Jack. Jon got the smaller amount of $1,256. How much did Jack receive?
$2,512
When I work for 4 hours I take 2 breaks of 15 minutes each. If I worked 12 hours yesterday, how many minutes in breaks did I take?
12 ÷ 4 = 3 periods x 2 x 15 =
90 minutes
If 11% of the tomatoes in the basket are spoiled and 267 tomatoes are in good condition, what is the total number of tomatoes in the basket?
300
Sam gave Jen 1/2 of his jujubes. Jen ate 1/2 of the jujubes and gave the rest to Kyle. Kyle kept 8 of the jujubes and gave the last 10 to Kim. How many jujubes did Jen eat?
18
A truck is carrying mango juice, tomato juice, and passion fruit juice bottles in a ratio of 4 : 4 : 3. If there are 1020 passion fruit juice bottles, then how many juice bottles in total are there?
1360
A person who weighs 200 pounds on Earth would weigh about 32 pounds on the moon. Find the weight of a person on Earth who would weigh 15 pounds of the moon.
93.75 or 93 and 3/4
The ratio of Jim's money to Peter's money was 4:7 at first. After Jim spent 1/2 of his money and Peter spent $60, Peter had twice as much money as Jim. How much money did Jim have at first?
$80
A crew is made up of 8 men; the rest are women.
66 2/3 % of the crew are men.
How many people are in the crew?
12 people
Tom had a platter of chocolate wafers. He ate 5 of them and then gave his brother 3, he then handed them to his ball team of 8 members. The first player to arrive took 1, the second player took 3, the third player took 5 and so on. When the last player took his, the platter was empty. How many chocolate wafers did Tom start with?
72