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100
Write the ratio squares to circles.
3:1
3 to 1
3/1
100
Laney has five dogs and two cats. What is the ratio from dog to cat?
5:2
100
When Akiko rides her bike to school, she travels 1 mi for every 6 min. Does this ratio mean that it takes Akiko 6 min to get to school? Explain.
No. it means for every 1 mile, it will take her 6 minutes every mile. So if she lives farther than 1 mile away from school, it will take her longer than 6 minutes.
100
What is the ratio for the number of legs on a bird to number of legs on an elephant.
What is 2:4
100
What is 12x4?
What is 48
100
Devon completed 5 pull-ups and 27 sit-ups at the gym. What type of ratio is 5:27?
Whole to part or part to part? Explain
Part to part.
200
Write the ratio of stars to squares.
4:2
4 to 2
4/2
200
A farmer has 147 cows for milk and 17 cows for beef. What is the ratio from milk cows to beef cows?
147:17
200
Disagree, because for every 8 total granola bars, there is 1 cinnamon bar.
200
What is the ratio for a number of lungs we have to number of heart?
What is 2:1
200
What is 81x66?
What is 5346
200
In a survey, 23 people said they visited the beach last summer, and 45 people said they did not. What type of ratio is 23: 68? Part to part or Part to whole?
Part to whole
300
Write the ratio of shapes to triangles.
12 to 4
12:4
12/4
300
A construction worker had 12 feet of red wood and 56 feet of brown wood. What is the ratio from red wood to brown wood?
12:56
300
A scientist reports there are 9 black bears and 7 grizzly bears.
Draw a model and use your model to explain what the ratio 16 : 7 represents in this situation.
Black bears: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grizzly bears: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
There are 16 total bears to 7 grizzly bears.
300
What is the ratio for sides on a rectangle to sides on a triangle?
What is 4:3
300
2 1/8 ÷ 1/12
25 1/2
300
Ana’s class is organizing a bake sale. They have 115 baked goods to sell, and 84 of them are cookies. What type of ratio is 115:84? Part to whole or whole to part?
Whole to part.
400
Write the ratio of pink to yellow.
1:6
1 to 6
1/6
400
A baker has 12 blue macaroons and 34 red macaroons. What is the ratio from blue to red?
12:34
400
A store sells 1 smartwatch for every 8 smartphones. Make a model and explain what 8 to 1 in this situation means?
There are 8 smartphones sold to 1 smartwatch.
400
What is the ratio for the number of wheels on a bus to number of wheels on a bicycle?
What is 4:2
400
What is 6.5x47?
What is 305.5
400
There are 111 sixth graders at Wayne Middle School, and 47 of them play an instrument. What type of ratio 64:47 and explain what it means.
Part to part. 64 student do not play an instrument to 47 students who do play an instrument.
500
What is the ratio of moons to suns?
6:2
6 to 2
6/2
500
A cat finds 97 rats and 24 rabbits in a barn. What is the ratio for this from rats to rabbits?
97:24
500
Christian has a collection of 18 shark teeth. He identified them as 6 tiger shark teeth, 8 sand shark teeth, and the rest as bull shark teeth.
What does the ratio 4 : 18 represent in this situation? Explain your reasoning.
4 is the amount of bull shark teeth to 18 total shark teeth.
500
What is the ratio for pentagon sides to triangle sides?
What is 5:3
500
What is 0.98x7.5?
What is 7.350
500
Jess made 25 candles, and she sold 14 of them at a craft fair last weekend. What type of ratio is 14:25? Part to whole, part to part, whole to part, or whole to whole?
Part to whole.