Ratios
equivalent ratios
Value of ratios
Miscellaneous
wording ratios
100
In a drawing, there are three circles, four stars, and three triangles. What is the ratio of stars to the total number of shapes.
What is 2/5 or 4/10
100
Are these ratios equivalent? Tell why or why not
9 large mittens to 5 medium mittens
19 large mittens to 6 medium mittens
No
100
A backyard pond has 12 sunfish and 30 rainbow shiners. Write the ratio of sunfish to rainbow shiners in simplest form .
2:5
100
Christina biked 36 miles in 6 hours. If she biked at a constant speed, how many miles did she ride in one hour?
6 mi/hr
100
In a group, the ratio of doctors to lawyers is 5:4. If the total number of people in the group is 72, what is the number of lawyers in the group?
32
200
Write a ratio(s) for this situation 3 different ways: 310 steps for every 5 students running.
310:5 310/5 310 to 5
200
Are these ratios equivalent?
14 deliveries : 12 months
7 deliveries : 6 months
yes both are 2 times the amount.
200
Ms. Ekpebe's class has 32 students, of which 20 are girls. Write the ratio of girls to boys. Reduce
20:12 Value 5:3
200
In a classroom with 15 total kids there are 3 kids with blue eyes, 8 kids with brown eyes, and 4 kids with green eyes. Find the following:
The ratio of blue eyed kids to kids in the class?
3:15
200
Sammy and David were selling water bottles to raise money for new football uniforms. Sammy sold 5 water bottles for every 3 water bottles David sold. Together they sold 160 water bottles. How many did each boy sell?
Sammy sold 100 david sold 60
300
The recipe calls for 2 eggs for every 8 cups of flour. How many eggs are needed with 40 cups of flour?
10 eggs
300
David makes 5 cups of punch by mixing 3 cups of cranberry juice with 2 cups of apple juice. How much cranberry juice and how much apple juice does David need to make four times the original recipe ?
x4= 12/8
300
48 : 84 =
12:21 simplified 4:7
300
v/84=2/21
v=8
300
At a farm the ratio of cows to horses was 9 : 2. If there were 72 cows at the farm, how many horses were there?
16
400
There are 40 rabbits in a cage. The ratio of white rabbits to grey rabbits is 3:7. How many white rabbits are in the cage?
12 white rabbits
400
Alex makes an alloy by mixing two types of metals, say A and B. To make one unit of alloy, he needs 12 grams of metal A and 17 grams of metal B. If he makes, 5 units of alloy, how many grams of metal A and metal B does he need ?
x5= 60/85
400
21 : 63 =
1:3
400
Hugo and Claudia share 600g chocolate using the ratio 4:2. How much chocolate does Claudia get?
4+2=6
600/6=100
Hugo get 400
Claudia get 200
400
A produce store sold 63 red apples. If the ratio of red apples to green apples sold was 7 : 2, what is the combined amount of red and green apples sold?
There were 81 apples total
500
There are 75 mice in a cage. The ratio of pink mice to black mice is 2:3. How many black mice are in the cage?
45 mice
500
240
500
A garden contains 10 different types of flowers and each type has 6 flowers. Write the ratio of tulips to total number of flowers.
6/60 simplified to 1/10
500
Ella has 18 pigeons and they eat 54kg of grain per week. Jayden has 22 pigeons and they eat 88kg or grain per week. Who has the greediest pigeons?
Ella’s ratio = 18:54 Simplified 1:3 (dividing 18)
Jayden’s ratio = 22:88 Simplified 1:4 (dividing 22)
Jaydens eat more
500
For homework, a student had to complete 15 problems total. If she finished 6 problems in class, what is the ratio of problems she still needs to complete to problems that she's already finished?
3:2