Writing Ratios
There are 12 boys and 13 girls in a class. What is the ratio of girls to the total number of students in the class? Write the ratio in 3 ways.
Is 3:12 = 6:24?
yes
Jason is planting a vegetable garden. He plants 2 tomato plants for every 6 pepper plants. If Joseph plants 14 tomato plants, how many pepper plants does he plant?
42
Is 28/16 = 7/4
yes
An animal shelter has a ratio of cats to dogs of 6 to 5. If the shelter has 18 cats, how many dogs does the shelter have?
15 dogs
Is 27 to 9 = 24 to 4?
No
Edith and Rashida are shooting free throws. Edith makes 1 basket for every 3 shots. Rashida makes 2 baskets for every 5 shots. Who has a better ratio of baskets to shots?
Rashida
Jacob and Jordan are training for track season. Jacob did 39 sit-ups in 30 seconds. Jordan did 59 sit-ups in 50 seconds. Who will likely do more sit-ups in 2 1/2 minutes? Explain.
Jacob: 39x5=195
Jordan: 59x3=177
The ratio of soccer players to football players is 3:5. How many students play each sport if there are 32 athletes total?
12 soccer players and 20 football players
Kallie makes bouquets of flowers so that the ratios are 4 carnations to 2 sunflowers to 3 lilies. Kallie makes a bouquet of 54 flowers using only these flowers. How many of each type of flower does she use?
24 carnations to 12 sunflowers to 18 Lillies