Ratios & Proportions
An aquarium contains 20 african chicilds and 7 botia loaches compare the number of botia loaches to african cichilds beginning with the words, "for every..."
For every 20 African Chicilds there is 7 Botia Loaches
Jackson. S answered every 1 of 9 questions incorrectly on a Spanish quiz. If the quiz had 63 questions, how many did Jackson answer incorrectly?
The ratio of hamburgers to veggie burgers served is 12 to 5. If 30 veggie burgers were served to how many hamburgers were served?
72
Benson (10) recorded the results of his free throw practice for three different sessions in the table below. Any attempt not missed is a free throw he made.
Misses: 3 6 9
Attempts: 10 20 30
Are the ratios of misses to attempts in the table equivalent ratios?
yes
The ratio of students who prefer pineapple to students who prefer kiwi is 12 to 5. Which pair of equivalent ratios could be used to find how many students prefer kiwi if there are 357 total students?
A. 12/5 + ?/357
B. 12/17 + ?/357
C. 5/12 + ?/357
D. 5/17 + ?/357
A. 12/5 + ?/357