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Word problems
Agree or disagree?
Picture this
Wild Card
Unit Rate
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 of dog to cat?
what is 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 75 x 23
1725
100
Devon buys 14 gallons of gas and pays $49
What is the cost for 1 gallon of gas?
$3.50
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 of milk cows to beef cows?
What is 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
At Grab & Go Grocery you can buy 4 yogurts for $7.00
How much would it cost to buy 10 yogurts?
$17.50
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?
What is 12:56
300
For every 3 squares, there are 2 circles.
So if there are 24 squares, there should be 23 circles.
Disagree. If there are 24 squares, there should be 16 circles.
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
Lucas read 7 books in 119 days.
At this rate, how long will it take him to read 15 books?
255 days
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 of blue to red?
What is 12:34
400
A store sells 1 smartwatch for every 8 smartphones.
If they sell 64 smartphones, they should see 8 smartwatches.
Agree. These are equivalent ratios.
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
Samantha takes 4 hours to deliver newspapers to 212 houses.
How many newspapers does she deliver per hour?
53 newspapers per hour.
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 of rabbits to rats?
24:97
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
If Jess can buy 20 candles for $63.00, how much will it cost her to buy 37 candles?
$116.55