Ratios
There are 2 Eggs and 6 Cups of Flour. What is the ratio of Cups of Flour to Eggs?
6:2 or 3:1
A store sells a 12oz bag of pistachios for $15. What is the cost per ounce?
$1.25/ounce of pistachios.
If you have the ratio 6:8, what is an equivalent ratio when you divide both terms by 2?
3:4
Arturo gets a burger and fries for $12. He wants to give a 20% tip. How much is the tip?
$2.40
There are 2 Eggs, 6 Cups of Flour, and 1 cup of Milk. How many cups of flour for every egg?
3 Cups of Flour for every 1 Egg.
A store sells a 12-ounce bag of pistachios for $15.
How many ounces of pistachios do you get per dollar?
0.8 ounces of pistachios per dollar.
A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour to 5 cups of sugar. What is the equivalent ratio if you multiply both terms by 2?
6:10
Sadia got 75% of the questions right in a trivia game. If she got 9 questions right, how many questions are in the game?
12 Questions
Which ratios are equivalent to 2:5?
1:4, 4:10, 1:2.5, 6:15, 12:15
4:!0, 1:2.5, 6:15
A store sells a 12-ounce bag of pistachios for $15.
Customers may choose to buy pistachios in other amounts at the same rate. How much would 17 ounces of pistachios cost?
17 ounces of pistachios would cost $21.25.
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 8:12. What is an equivalent ratio when you divide both terms by 4?
2:3
Chloe set a goal to run 8 miles. She ended up running 12 miles. What percent of her goal did she run? Make a double number line if it helps with your thinking.
150%
A train travels 45 miles in 60 minutes. At this rate:
- How long would it take the train to travel 90 miles? And how far does the train travel in 12 minutes?
To travel 90 miles, it would take the train 2 hours or 120 minutes.
The train would travel 9 miles in 12 minutes.
A store sells a 12-ounce bag of pistachios for $15.
How many ounces of pistachios can you buy for $7?
you can buy 5.6 ounces of pistachios for $7.
In a race, the ratio of time for Runner A to Runner B is 15:25. What is the equivalent ratio if you divide both terms by 5?
A stock price goes from $120 to $96. What is the percentage decrease?
20%
Ty makes milk coffee popsicles with 4 parts coffee and 3 parts sweetened condensed milk. Ty needs 21 ounces of milk coffee to make popsicles this week.
How much of each ingredient will he need?
Ty will need 12 parts coffee and 9 parts of sweetened condensed milk.
A corn vendor at a famers market was selling a bag of 8 ears of corn for $2.56. Another vendor was selling a bag of 12 for $4.32. Which bag is the better deal? Explain.
First vendor: Price per ear = 0.32 dollars per ear
Second vendor: Price per ear = 0.36 dollars per ear
Since $0.32 per ear is cheaper than $0.36 per ear, the first vendor is offering the better deal.
To make one batch of purple paint, Noah mixes 4 buckets of blue paint with 6 buckets of red paint. However Sierra mixes 5 buckets of blue paints with 8 buckets of red paint. Martha claims Noah's mixture of red to blue paint is more red than Sierra's. Do you agree or disagree? Show your reasoning with a chart, diagram, double number line, or ratio to prove your argument.
Sierra has a more red mixture.
A sign in front of a roller coaster says "You must be 40 inches tall to ride." What percentage of the height is:
- 34 inches?
- 54 inches?
34 inches is 85% of the required 40 inches.
54 inches is 135% of the required 40 inches.