Ratios
Alexis has a cat that weighs 12 pounds and a dog that weighs 24 pounds. Write the ratio of the weight of the cat to the weight of the dog in simplest form.
1:2
What are two equivalent ratios to 16:6?
Answers may vary.
Reba had $38 when she entered the gift shop. After spending some money, she had $15 left.
Find the ratio of the amount of money Reba spent to the amount of money she had left.
What fraction of her money did she spend?
23:15
23/38
Write this ratio as a fraction
3:8
3/8
There are 204 students in the chorus. 68 of them are in 7th grade, and the rest are in 8th grade.
What is the ratio of the number of students in 7th grade to the number of students in 8th grade?
What is the ratio of the number of students in 8th grade to the total number of students?
68:136/ 1:2
136:204
48:64 = ?:8
6:8
Harper bought some vegetables. The number of carrots was 6/13 the number of stalks of celery. What was the ratio of celery to the total number of vegetables Harper bought?
13:19
Describe a situation that this ratio could represent
2:7
Answers may vary but must make sense!
An aquarium has 17 clown fish and 24 stingrays in a tank. What is the ratio of stingrays to the total number of fish in the tank?
24:41
An oatmeal recipe calls for 1 cup of water for every 2 cups of oats. Miss Kenney wants to make 4 servings of oatmeal. How many cups of water, and how many cups of oats does she need?
4 cups of water, 8 cups of oats
Each week, Mary spent 25 hours at gymnastics practice and 10 hours at dance. What is the ratio of the number of hours Mary spends at gymnastics to the number of hours she spends at dance? Make sure your answer is in simplest form!
5:2
Write a ratio to compare 72 feet and 2 yards.
72:6 or 12:1
Anna spent $15 and Alex spent $45. How many times the amount of money that Anna spent did Alex spend?
Alex spent 3 times as much as Anna.
Write this ratio in simplest form 56:21
8:3
In a fruit stand, the ratio of apples to oranges is 20:9. How many times the number of oranges is the number of apples? Write your answer as a mixed number.
20/9 = 2 2/9
The cost of a carpet is $45. Sophia and Daniel bought the carpet and share the cost in the ratio 4:5. How much did Daniel pay for the carpet?
$25
A group of students surveyed chose badminton and soccer as their favorite sport in the ratio 4:7.
If 63 students chose soccer as their favorite sport, find the number of students that chose badminton as their favorite sport.
36
81:18 = ?:8
36:8
The ratio of the number of stickers Blair has to the number of stamps Nicole has is 5:6 and the ratio of the number of stickers Blair has to the number of stickers Cora has is 15:13. Find the ratio of the number of stickers Blair has to the number of stickers Nicole has to the number of stickers Cora has.
15:18:13
Corey bought a packet of trail mix. The ratio of the weight of almonds to the weight of chocolate chips to the weight of raisins was 4:3:8. The weight of the raisins is 80 ounces. Find the weight of the almonds.
40 ounces