Ratios
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Ratio Facts
100
TRUE or FALSE: You can always make equivalent ratios by adding or subtracting the same number on both parts of a ratio.
False! Can only multiply or divide
100
It costs 36 dollars to buy 12 hamburgers. What is the price for just one hamburger? Simplify the ratio to find out.
Each burger costs 3 dollars. 36:12 simplifies to become 3:1.
100
A closet contains 16 pairs of casual shoes and
9 pairs of dress shoes. What is the ratio of dress
shoes to shoes?
9:25
100
A ski shop rents skis and snowboards. When
they first opened, they rented 11 pairs of skis to 3
snowboards. After snowboarding became an
Olympic sport, they noticed they were renting 5
pairs of skis to every 9 snowboards. If they
rented 45 snowboards originally, how many pairs
of skis do they rent after the Olympics? (The totals stay the same)
75
100
Are the two ratios equivalent? 18:4 and 21 : 3
NO
100
There are 10 white marbles and 3 blue marbles. What is the ratio of white to blue marbles?
10:3
100
Simplify the ratio 4:6
2:3
100
The ratio of boys to girls is 1:2, if there's 12 boys how many girls are there?
24
100
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent?
2 : 4 = ____ : 32
16
100
What does a ratio do?
Compare 2 different quantities
200
There are 27 white marbles and 13 blue marbles. What is the ratio of white to total marbles?
27:40
200
Simplify the ratio 10:20
1:2
200
The ratio of apples to oranges is 2:3, if there's 30 oranges how many apples are there?
20
200
At a hot dog stand, they serve regular and
footlong hot dogs at a ratio of 5 to 3. Based on
this ratio, how many footlong hot dogs will be
served if there is a total of 120 dogs served?
45 hot dogs
200
What 2 operations can easily help you find any other equivalent ratio?
multiplication and division
300
There are 2 red blocks, 3 orange blocks, and 4 black blocks. What is the ratio of all to black blocks?
9:4
300
Simplify the ratio 44:11
4:1
300
I am a word class pizza chef. Every 30 minutes I can make 7 pizzas. How can I make in 2 and a half hours?
35 pizzas
300
50 snail shells and 10 shark teeth
300
How to determine if two ratios are equivalent?
Simplify both ratios. If they become the same, they are equivalent.
400
Give 3 ways can a ratio be written?
3 ways
:
to
/
400
Simplify the ratio 4000:5000
4:5
400
If it takes 8 cups of flour for every 2 cups of baking soda to bake a cake, how many cups of baking soda would I need for 4 cups of flour?
1 cup
400
40 steps
400
Complete the following ratio list:
4 : 8
_ : 12
_ : 14
4 : 8
6:12
7:14