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100
Last week, Leah worked 25 hours on weekdays and 11 hours on the weekend. Which ratio compares the number of hours Leah worked on weekdays to the total number of hours she worked?
25:36
100
Complete the ratio table.
6, 6
100
Ben can buy a package of 5 T-shirts for $26.25. What is the unit price per shirt?
$5.25
100
A preschool has a student to teacher ratio of 5:2. Which of the following ratios is equivalent to this ratio?
A.) 12:8 B.) 8:12 C.) 12:20 D.) 8:20
C
200
Jose is using 12 brown tiles and 8 white tiles to design a section of an outdoor patio. Which ratio compares the number of brown tiles to the total number of tiles in one section?
12:20
200
Which table represents the ratio 3 rotten apples for each 15 fresh apples?
D
200
April can buy a package of 10 folders for $1.20 or a package of 8 folders for $1.12. What is the unit price, per folder, in each package?
10 pack - $0.12
8 pack - $0.14
200
Cary earned $56 for 7 hours of babysitting. How much would Cary earn for 55 hours of babysitting?
$440
300
A varsity boys' basketball team has a ratio of seniors to juniors that is 7:4. If there are 21 seniors on the team, how many juniors are there?
12 juniors
300
A store sells packs of 3 mini-pizzas for $5.
3, 9, 10, 20, 25
300
Jessica is buying several bunches of bananas to make desserts for a fundraiser. She can buy 10 pounds of bananas for $14.90 or 8 pounds of bananas for $12.08. Which is the better buy? Explain.
10 pounds for $14.90 is better.
$1.49 < $1.51
300
Sheila is biking at a constant speed. She travels 54 meters in 9 seconds. How long would it take Sheila to travel 90 meters at this speed?
15 seconds
400
An animal shelter with only dogs and cats has a ratio of cats to dogs that is 9:7. A second shelter has a ratio of cats to dogs of 6 to 5. If both shelters have 18 cats, which shelter has more dogs?
The second shelter (15 dogs).
The first one would have 14 dogs.
400
How many points did the visiting team score if the home team scored 84 points?
60 points
400
Lela is buying spools of yarn for a knitting class. She can buy a 40-yard spool for $15.60 or a 60-yard spool for $19.20. Which is the better buy? Explain.
60 yards for $19.20
$0.32 < $0.39
400
Mrs. Allan’s car uses 8 gallons of gas for a 224-mile trip. Mrs. Owen’s car uses 6 gallons of gas for a 210-mile trip. How many gallons of gas would each car use if both cars traveled 560 miles? Explain.
Mrs. Allan's car = 20 gallons, Mrs. Owen's car = 16 gallons
500
A preschool has a student to teacher ratio of 5:2. The total number of students and teachers was 56 last year. How many were students and how many were teachers? (Hint: Use a tape/bar diagram to help solve)
40 students, 16 teachers
500
Pat and Rick are sales associates at a store. Pat makes 2 sales for every 3 customers that he helps. Rick makes 3 sales for every 4 customers that he helps. Complete the ratio tables and tell who has the better ratio of sales to customers.
Rick - for every 12 customers, Rick makes 9 sales, while Pat only makes 8 sales.
500
Susan can buy 6 flower seed packets for $2. If all the seed packets cost the same amount of money, how many packets can Susan buy for $10?
30 packets
500
Steve sold 252 fruit baskets for a school fundraiser. Evie sold 25 fruit baskets for each 100 of the number of baskets that Steve sold. How many fruit baskets did Evie sell?
63 fruit baskets