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100
In a bag of marbles, there are 12 small marbles, 7 medium marbles, and 1 large marble. What is the ratio of large marbles to small marbles.
1:12
100
The animal shelter says the ratio of cats to dogs is 2:3. If there are 12 dogs, how many cats are there?
8 cats
100
A car went 124 miles in 4 hours. What was the cars rate of speed in miles per hour?
31 mph
100
A store is selling 6 cookies for $3. How much would 10 cookies cost?
$5 for 10 cookies
100
Convert 24 inches into feet. 1 ft = 12 inches
2 feet
200
In a bowl of M&Ms, there were 5 greens, 7 oranges, 8 reds, and 3 browns. What is the ratio of the number of oranges to the total number of M&Ms?
7 : 23
200
At a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. If there are 48 boys, how many girls are there?
60 girls
200
Which situation leads to a unit cost of $3.50 per pair of socks?
a. 4 socks for $3.50
b. $10 for 3 pair of socks
c. 7 pairs of socks for $24.50
d. 4 pairs of socks for $12.50
C. 7 pairs for $24.50
200
The college bookstore sells audio books at the rate of 5 audio books for $37.50. What would 8 audio books cost?
$60
200
If 3 feet equal 1 yard, how many feet are in 12 yards?
36 feet
300
At a farm, 13 of the 27 animals in the farm are chickens. The farm hand wrote: "Farm Animal Ratio 13:14." What does this ratio represent?
a. the number of chickens to the total number of animals
b. the number of cows to the number of chickens
c. the total number of animals to the number of cows
d. the number of chickens to the number of cows
D. the number of chickens to the number of cows
300
The ratio of boron to sulfur in a sample of soil is 15:6. The sample has 30 units of sulfur. How much boron does the sample have?
75 units
300
Mr. Melton orders T-shirts for GRW. The table below shows the cost of a certain number of T-shirts. How much will 110 T-shirts cost?
$1430
300
To wash his truck, Mr. Dudley used 1/2 cup of car wash solution for every 1.5 gallons of water.
How many cups of car wash solution are needed for 12 gallons of water?
4 cups
300
A football player ran 60 yards. How many feet did he run given that 3 feet equal 1 yard?
180 feet
400
The table below shows how many scoops of ice cream sold on Sunday from noon until 3pm. What is the ratio of the total number of ice cream scoops sold to the number of Rocky Road?
295:50
400
The table below shows the gallons of gasoline used and the number of miles driven. At this rate, how many miles were driven using 12 gallons of gasoline?
312 miles
400
Which swim team swam the fastest per minute at the swim meet?
South Central
400
Laura drove 240 miles and used 8 gallons of gas. Brandi drove 315 miles and used 9 gallons of gas. Who has the better gas mileage AND by how much?
Brandi got better mileage by 5 miles per gallon.
400
The largest cat in Australia died at
52 1/2
pounds. What is the weight of the cat in kilograms? (1 kilogram ≈2.2 pounds).
23.86 kg (24 kg)
500
In a bowl of M&Ms, there were 5 greens, 7 oranges, 8 reds, and 3 browns.
Mari said that the ratio of greens to to browns is 3:5 because 3/5 of the M&Ms are green. Is she correct? If not, why?
No, the ratio of greens to browns is 5:3.
500
Jose and Gloria have earned a total of 120 Cougar stamps to buy items from the school store. The ratio of the number of Cougar stamps Jose has to the number of Cougar stamps that Gloria has is 9 to 6. How many Cougar stamps does Gloria have?
48 stamps
500
An airplane travels 1050 miles in 210 minutes. How many miles does he fly in 1 hour?
300 miles in 1 hour
500
A printer at Staples can print out paper copies for a business at a rate of 60 copies per hour. How many paper copies can be printed between 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.?
210 copies
500
How many centimeters are in 4.5 feet, given that 1 inch = 2.5 cm.
135 cm