Name the Ratio in Simplest Terms
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Find the Unit Rate
Use the Unit Rate
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100

There are 9 dogs and 3 cats, what is the ratio of cats to dogs? 

1:3
100

An artist if making a mosaic using glass tiles.  He uses a total of 600 tiles.  The ratio of red tiles to blue tiles is 1:2.  How many blue tiles does he use?

400
100

$1.75 for 7 oz

25 cents for oz

100

Lucia and Quinn train for a bike race.  Lucia bikes 46 miles in 240 minutes.  Quinn bikes 51 miles in 5 hours.  Who bikes at a faster rate?  

Lucia is faster.  

She travels 11.5 miles per minute.

Quinn travels 10.2 miles per minutes.

100

How many liters in a kiloliter?

1000

200

40 tickets were sold to the dance.  25 purchased the tickets online.  What is the ratio of tickets bought in person to tickets sold online?

15:25

3:5

200

A jeweler makes an ocean-inspired necklace using a total of 60 snail shells and shark teeth.  The ratio of snail shells to shark teeth is 5:1.  How many of each does she use? 

50 snail shells

10 shark teeth

200

It takes Maya 30 minutes to solve 5 logic puzzles.  What is her unit rate in minutes per puzzle?

6 minutes per logic puzzle

200

Izzy works folding napkins at a restaurant.  She folded 40 napkins in 16 minutes.  How many napkins can she fold in 30 minutes?

75

200

How many minutes in 2 hours?

120

300

There are 9 oranges and 6 apples in the fruit bowl.  What is the ratio of oranges to total fruit?

9 to 15

3 to 5

300

Burgers cost $20 for 6, how many burgers can I get for $90.

27

300

A house supplies 36 gallons of water in 3 minutes.  What is the rate in gallons per minute?

12 gallons per minute

300

A mouse ran 24 meters in 8 seconds.  How many meters did it run in 14 seconds?

42 meters

300

21 feet = _____ yards

7

400

There are 5 green apples, 10 pink lady apples, and 12 red delicious apples. What is the ratio of green apples to total apples?

5 to 27

400

Chad is making an orange smoothie.  The recipe calls for 3 parts of yogurt to 5 parts of orange juice.  How many ounces of frozen yogurt and how many ounces of orange juice does he need to get a total of 16 ounces?

6 oz froyo

10 oz orange juice

400

If a chocolate bar costs $4.80, what is the cost per ounce for a 12 ounce bar.

40 cents per ounce

400

Max travels to see his family by car.  He drives 216 miles in 4 hours.  How many miles in 1 day?

1296 miles

400

An aquarium holds 5 gallons of water.  It is being filled at 40 fluid ounces per minute.  How long does it take him to fill the aquarium?  (1 gallon = 128 fluid ounces)

16 minutes.

500

If Johnny buys 3 candy bars and 8 bags of chips?  Is the ratio of chips to candy bars 3:8?  If not explain.

No, it's 8 to 3, order is important!

500

Tim sells 2 types of pizza.  He charges $10 for a cheese pizza and $15 for a pepperoni pizza.  Yesterday he sold 64 pizzas in all.  For every cheese pizza, he sells 3 pepperoni pizzas.  How much money did he make selling pizzas yesterday?

He sells 16 cheese pizzas at $10 for $160.

He sells 48 pepperoni pizzas at $15 each for $720

Together he sold $880

500

A printer prints 360 pages in 3 hours.  How many pages does it print per minute?

2 pages per minute.

500

A box holds 12 cups of cereal.  That is 16 servings.  How many cups would there be in a box that holds 40 servings.

30 cups

500

Elisa packs her suitcase before a trip.  The suitcase weighs 49 pounds.  The airline only allows suitcases that weight up to 23 Kg.  Can Elisa take the suitcase on the plane?  (Fro every 10 Kg there are 22 lbs)

23 Kg = 50.6 lbs

Yes she can bring the suitcase.