Equivalent Ratios
Find the ratio
Tape Diagrams
Ratio Tables
Double Number Lines or Tape Diagrams
100

Find 2 equivalent ratios for 3 to 4. Show your work

What is 6 to 8? What is 9 to 12? What is 15 to 20?

100

? ? ? ? M M M M ? M ? The ratio of question marks to M's

What is 6:5

100

The ratio of girls to boys in the class is 3:5. If there are 12 girls in the class, how many boys are there?

What is 20 boys?

100

The snack bar at the soccer field is charging $12 for 9 hamburgers. At that rate, how many hamburgers could you get for $20? Create a ratio table and then answer the question

What is 15 burgers.

100

Complete a double number line with 3 equivalent ratios if you know that 6 pounds cost $18. How much will 12 pounds cost? How much will 3.5 pounds cost?

What is $36 for 12 pounds and $10.50 for 3.5 pounds.

200

Are the following ratios equivalent? 5:13 and 25:55

Support your answer.

What is no

200

For every plain M&M my daughter eats, I eat five peanut M&M’s. Write the ratio in three different forms.

What is 1:5, 1/5 and 1 to 5?

200

In 20 minutes, for every 1 word George typed, Tanya typed 5 words. Tanya typed 124 more words than George. Find the number of words that each of them typed.

What is George typed 31 words and Tanya typed 155 words?

200

If five boys can eat 16 slices of pizza, then how many slices can 20 boys eat? Create a ratio table with all of the components.

What is 64 slices of pizza

200

Create a double number line that shows how many people can get to the top of Blue Hills if we know that the chair lift can serve 24 people in 4 min. How many people can get to the top in 10 minutes? How many people can get to the top in 3.5 minutes?

What is 60 people and 21 people

300

Are 7:8 and 56:62 equivalent? If yes, what number was the original ratio multiplied by? If no, make them equivalent.

What is no. 56: 64

300

In Mrs. Haley’s class there are 24 students, eleven of them are boys. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

What is 13:11?

300

Three out of five teachers at Pierce own a smartphone. If 24 teachers do not own a smart phone, how many teacher own a smart phone?

What is 36 teachers.

300

Davis is looking for his pants and discovers that he has 24 shirts for every 8 pairs of pants. If he has 18 shirts, how many pairs of pants does he have? Create a ratio table. You may want to find the value of the ratio first!!

What is 6 pairs of pants

300

Martin can read 4 pages in 7 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take him to read 9 pages? Create a ratio table and then a double number line.

What is 15 3/4 minutes

400

Is 36:54 equivalent to 4:6?

What is yes

400

A bike shop has 11 red bikes, 3 blue bikes, 4 orange bikes, and 12 silver bikes. For every 1 orange bike, there are 3_____ bikes.

What is silver

400

The students in Jenna's class got to choose whether to visit the zoo or the aquarium. For every 1 student that chose the zoo, 3 students chose the aquarium. If 15 students chose the aquarium, how many TOTAL students in Jenna's class?

What is 20

400

For every 15 minutes that you walk from class to class, you sit at your desk for 45 minutes. If you have been at school for a total of 240 minutes, how many minutes have you spent walking from class to class?

What is 60 minutes.

400

Destin and Chris are playing Phantom Forces.  For every 10 wins Chris gets, Destin gets 5.  How many wins will Destin have if Chris wins 30 times?

Destin will win 15 times.


500

Are 3 to 4 and 4 to 3 equivalent ratios? Support your answer with some math!!

What is no

500

Laine reads 25 pages in 30 minutes. If Laine reads 500 pages at this same rate, how many hours will it take her?

What is 10 hours?

500

Alley and Anthony are having a math contest.  For every 5 math problems Alley solves, Anthony solves 2.  If Alley solved 21 MORE problems than Anthony, how many problems did Anthony solve?  How many problems did Alley solve?

Anthony 14

Alley 35

500

If 4 burgers cost $26, how much do 7 burgers cost?Support your answer with a ratio table.

4 : $26

2 : $13

1: $6.50

7 : $45.50

500

Miranda and Sal are making book covers.  The amount of Miranda's book covers to Sal's book covers is 5:6.  If they made a  total of 55 book covers, how many book covers did Miranda make and how many book covers did Sal make?

Miranda made 25

Sal made 30