Equivalent Ratios
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100

1/2 is equivalent to ?/10

5/10

100

If 3 candy bars cost $4.50, how much is one candy bar?

$1.50

100

Sally ran 10 miles in 2 hours. How fast was she running?

5 mph

100

There are 400 students in a class. 137 are boys and 263 are girls. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

263:137

100

A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of milk and 3 cups of flour. If I am going to double the recipe, how much milk will be required?

1 cup

200

2/3 is equivalent to ?/15

10/15

200

Sydney paid $40 for 8 pounds of dog food. How much would one pound cost her?

$5

200

A sloth can travel at a constant speed of 30 inches every minute. How far will they have moved in an hour?

1800 inches

200

There are 27 apples and 18 oranges. Write the simplified ratio for apples to oranges.

3:2

200

Mikel wanted to get his mom some flowers for her birthday. He wanted there to be a 2:5 ratio of roses to baby's breath. If there are a dozen roses, how many bunches of baby's breath will he need?

30 bunches

300

9/2 is equivalent to ?/14

63/14

300
Amy is collecting bottles and cans to recycle. For every 3 cans she collects, there are 4 bottles she collects. If she has 30 cans, then how many bottles would she have?

40 bottles

300

It takes Cayden 9 hours to travel 333 miles. What was his average speed?

37 miles per hour

300

There are 150 students in the sixth grade. 82 of them are going on the field trip. What is the ratio of those going on the field trip to those who are staying at school?

82:68

300

What is the simplified ratio of 14:18?

7:9

400

What would be the equivalent ratio of 5/6 if it was doubled?

10/12

400

In a boxes of peaches and pears, the ratio of peaches to pears is 4:5. If there are 45 pears, then how many peaches are there?

36

400

The bus is going 70 miles per hour. How far would it go if only 30 minutes passed? 

35 miles

400

Which of the following ratios is not equivalent to 3:15?

A. 5:15

B. 6:15

C. 6:30

D. 15:3

E.1:5

A, B, D

400
If 300/500, then ?/250?

150

500

What would be the equivalent ratio to 15/20 if it were simplified?

3/4

500

Sarah makes $2 for every cookie she sales. She usually sales twice as many cookies as she does brownies. If she sold 7 brownies, how much money did she make from her cookies?

$28

500

Tyrique is driving 45 miles per hour. How long would it take him to drive 360 miles?

8 hours

500

There are 28 kids in the first block English, out of those kids, 13 of them have math next. What is the ratio of kids who have math to kids who do not?

13:15

500

There are six sides to a die, numbered between 1-6. What is the ratio of odd numbers to all numbers on the die?

3:6