Ratios
In a drawing, there are three circles, four stars, and three triangles. What is the ratio of stars to the total number of shapes (in simplest form).
What is 2/5
There are 2 cows for every 3 chickens on the farm. What percent are cows?
What is 40%
5 scoops of sand are mixed with 4 scoops of gravel to make cement. How many scoops of gravel needed for 45 shovels of sand?
36 scoops of gravel
Are the ratios 14/35 and 20/50 equivalent?
Yes they are. Their common ratio is 2:5.
Of the 15 children at the park, 12 children are riding bikes and 3 children are riding scooters. What s the ratio of bikes to children? WRITE 3 WAYS!
12 to 15 12/15 12:15
Lil blew up 7 balloons. Kathy blew up 5 balloons. What is the ratio of total balloons to Kathy's balloons?
12 to 5
Owen uses 4 ounces of syrup and 6 ounces of milk to make hot chocolate. What percent of the hot chocolate is milk?
What is 60%
Ari can walk 2 miles in 40 min. What is the amount of time it will take him to walk 4 miles.
80 min.
Owen uses 4 ounces of syrup and 6 ounces of milk to make hot chocolate. How many ounces are in his cup of hot chocolate?
What is 10 ounces
One batch of pancakes has 2 eggs and 3.5 cups of flour. How much of each ingredient do you need for 3 batches?
What is 6 eggs and 10.5 cups of flour
The recipe calls for 2 eggs, 8 cups of flour, 3 teaspoons of oil, and a pinch of salt. What is the ratio of cups of flour to eggs? (simplest form)
4:1
The ratio of correct to incorrect questions on the test is 6:2. What percent did this person get correct?
Paul used 6 black tiles and 12 white tiles for a pattern. What is the ratio of black tiles to white tiles in simplest form?
1:2
Bob's recipe calls for 3 cups of orange juice and 2 cups soda.
Bryan's recipe calls for 4 cups orange juice and 3 cups soda.
Whose will taste more orangey?
Bob: 3/5 = 21/35
Bryan: 4/7 = 20/35
Bob's will be more orangey.
The ratio of cups of peas to cups of carrots is 3 to 2. Write 3 equivalent ratios.
6 to 4, 12 to 8, 15 to 10
There are 20 rabbits in a cage. The ratio of white rabbits to grey rabbits is 3:7. How many white rabbits are in the cage?
6 white rabbits
A student got 80% correct on a test. Write this as a ratio of correct to incorrect questions in simplest form
4 to 5
30 buses can carry 1500 people. What is the number of people that can be carried by 5 buses.
250 people
In a recent election, the ratio of students who voted for the winner to all the students who voted was 2:3. The number of students who voted was 60. How many votes did the winner get?
24 students voted for the winner
Ahmad's mom prepares a plate with 5 peaches and 4 apples for 6 students in his study group. What is the ratio of fruit to students written as a fraction?
9/6 OR 3/2
There are 15 mice in a cage. The ratio of pink mice to black mice is 2:3. How many black mice are in the cage?
9 black mice
A student got 65% correct on a test. Write this as a ratio of correct questions to total questions in simplest form
What is 13/20
Ivy's Fresh Eggs transports its eggs in crates. It takes 2 trucks to carry 80 crates. How many crates can 8 trucks can carry?
320 crates
In basketball, Katrina makes 12 out of every 20 free throws. Her coach claims that if she tries 42 free throws, she should make 18 of them. Is the coach's claim correct?
No the coach is not correct.
A recipe uses 2 cups of chopped onions, 6 cups of chopped tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and 3 potatoes. How many cups of tomato are need to triple the recipe? Explain.
18, because 6 X 3 = 18.