Ratios
Writing Ratios
Solving Ratios
Equivalent Ratios
Vocabulary
100

There are 10 white marbles and 3 blue marbles. What is the ratio of white to total marbles?

10:13

100

For every 9 token Lisa has, Toby has 13. Write a ratio of the number of tokens Lisa has to the number of tokens Toby has

9:13

9 to 13

9/13

100

If it takes 8 cups of flour for every 2 tsp of baking soda to bake a cake, how many tsp of baking soda would I need for 4 cups of flour?

8 / 2 = 4

so 4 / 4 = 1

1 tsp

100

Write 2 ratios equivalent to 2:3

4:6

6:9

8:12

100

a visual model that uses one or more rectangular bars (resembling a strip of tape) to represent quantities and show how they relate to each other in math problems.

tape diagram

200

There are 27 white marbles and 13 blue marbles. What is the ratio of white to all marbles?

27:40

200

A recipe of lemonade calls for 2 lemons and 5 cups of water. Write a ratio describing the cups of water to number of lemons.

5:2

5 to 2

5/2

200

At a farm there are 4 baskets of apples to every 5 basket of peaches. If there are 45 baskets of peaches, how many baskets of apples are there?  


36 baskets of apples 

200

Write 2 equivalent ratios to 1 to 2

2:4

3:6

4:8

200

a structured grid or list of equivalent ratios that shows how two or more quantities change together while keeping a constant proportional relationship

ratio table 

300

There are 2 red blocks, 3 orange blocks, and 4 black blocks. What is the ratio of all blocks to black blocks?

9:4

300

There are 43 6th grade boys and 52 6th grade girls. Write a ratio describing the total number of students in 6th grade to 6th grade girls.

95 : 52

95 to 52

95/52

300

Bats Alive is a bat rescue group that works with fruit-eating and insect-eating bats. Last year, the group saved 5 fruit-eating bats for every 2 insect-eating bats they saved.

If the rescue group saved 51 more fruit-eating bats than insect-eating bats last year, how many bats did they save altogether?

119 bats 

300

Which ratio is equivalent to 5 to 15?   1:2   or   1:3

1:3       

300

a diagram with two parallel number lines stacked one above the other that share a common origin at zero to represent a proportional, rate, or ratio relationship

double number line

400

There are 2 red blocks, 3 orange blocks, and 4 black blocks. What is the ratio of red and orange blocks to black blocks?

5:4

400

There are 5 squares and 2 circles on a math mural. What is the ratio of circles to all shapes?

2 to 7

2:7

400

Harold runs a farm stand that sells two varieties of apples: Fuji and Gala. Last weekend, he sold 5 pounds of Fuji apples for every 2 pounds of Gala apples he sold.

If Harold sold 51 more pounds of Fuji apples than of Gala apples, how many pounds of apples did he sell in all?

119 pounds

400

Which ratios are equivalent to 3:9

1:3

4:6

12:36

15:40

1:3   and 12:36

400

 two ratios that are the same value or amount

equivalent ratios

500

TRUE or FALSE: You can always make equivalent ratios by adding or subtracting the same number on both parts of a ratio. 

False

500

There are 15 hats, 2 scarves, and 3 coats in Ms. Murray's closet. 

Write is the ratio of the number of hats and coats to the total number of all items in the closet?

18: 20

18 to 20

18/20

500

Tex's Taco Truck serves tacos on either hard or soft shells. Yesterday, Tex's Taco Truck sold 5 hard-shell tacos for every 2 soft-shell tacos.

If Tex's Taco Truck sold 39 more hard-shell tacos than soft-shell tacos yesterday, how many hard-shell tacos did it sell?

65 hard-shell tacos

500

Which ratios are equivalent to 6 to 8?

2:3

3:4

12:16

18:26

3:4   and   12:16

500

Comparing 2 or more quantities is called what?

ratio