Ratios to Percents
Word Problems
Percents% & Vocab
Unit Rates
Equivalent ratios
100

Convert 5/100 to a percent.

5%

100

A soup recipe calls for 3 cups of potatoes for every 2 cups of milk. How many cups of potatoes should be used for every 1 cup of milk?

3/2

100
What is it called when one number in a ratio comparison is the number 1.

Unit rate   

100

What would the unit price be if I could by 5 large candy bars for $10.00

$2.00 per bar

100

What ratio is equivalent to 1:3?  

2:4

2:6

2:8

2:6

200

Convert the ratio 4:10 to a percent

40%

200

Scott has 4 red shirts, 5 blue shirts, 2 yellow shirts, and 3 orange shirts.

What could the ratio 5:14 represent?

Daily Double

The Ratio of Blue Shirts to Colored shirts

200

Comparison between two quantities.

Ratio

200

What is the unit price per egg if I can by a dozen for $6.00?

$.50 per egg

200

Write 2 equivalent ratios to to 4:5

Various answers

300

Convert the ratio 1:5  to a percent.

20%

300

Sasha mows 8 lawns in 4 days.

When the rate is expressed in lawns per day, what is the unit rate?

2 lawns per day

300

The process of multiplying or each quantity in a ratio by the same number.

Finding/creating equivalent ratios

300

Which is a better unit price $6.00 per dozen or 4 for $2.00?

Neither, they both have the same unit rate.

300

If Mr. Maleik and Ms. Bri had a dance off and Mr. Maleik danced 8 hours and Ms. Bri danced 12 hours, what would the simplified ratio of hours Mr. Maleik danced to hours Ms. Bri danced?

3:2 (must be said in this order)

400

 CONVERT THE : ratio to a percent  3:8

37.5% (or 38% if you round)

400

Leo tutors student A for 5 hours and earns $⁢130.00. Leo tutors student B at a rate of $⁢5.00 more per hour than his rate for student A. If Leo earns $⁢248.00 for tutoring student B, how many hours does he tutor student B?

Daily Triple

Leo tutors student B for 8 hours

400

A ratio that compares a number to 100

Percent

400

A zebra runs 15 miles in 30 minutes. A horse runs 20 miles in 35 minutes. The zebra and the horse run at constant rates. Which animal runs at a slower rate?

The Zebra runs at a slower rate 

400

What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent? 2 : 4 = ____ : 32

16

500

CONVERT TO A percent :  18:30

60%

500

At a middle school, 40% of the students participate in after-school activities.

If 250 students attend the middle school, how many students participate in after-school activities?

100 students participate in school activities

500

Julie has songs and photos on her phone. She has 25 songs. This number represents 20% of the total number of songs and photos on Julie's phone. How many photos does Julie have on her phone?

Julie has 100 photos on her phone

500

12 shirts are sold for 70.80? What is the unit rate in dollars per shirt?

$5.90 per shirt.

500

I am a world class pizza chef. Every 30 minutes I can make 7 pizzas. How many can I make in 2 and a half hours?

Daily Double

35 pizzas