WRITING RATIOS
For every five diet sodas a burger shop sold there were seven regular sodas sold. What is the ratio of regular sodas sold to diet sodas sold?
seven is to five
7 : 5
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is twenty seven is to nine. Reduce this in the simplest form.
27:9 = 3:1
PROPORTION or NOT?
4:7 and 3:5
Not a proportion :(
6 is to 8 as x is to 12
x = 9
If you can buy one can of pineapple chunks for two dollars then how many can you buy with ten dollars?
five (5) pineapple chunks
[1 : 2 = x : 10]
For every fifteen hotdogs sold at the malt shop there are thirty three hamburgers sold. What is the ratio of hotdogs sold to hamburgers sold?
fifteen is to thirty three
15 : 33
The ratio of cows to horses in a barn is twelve is to sixteen. Reduce this in the simplest form.
12:16 = 3:4
PROPORTION OR NOT?
7:16 and 6:24
x is to 6 as 11 is to 3
x = 22
Nathan packs twenty five boxes in two hours. How many boxes can he pack in his eight-hour shift?
One hundred (100) boxes
[25 : 2 = x : 8]
For every three hundred thirteen green apples in an orchard there were one hundred fourteen red apples. What is the ratio of green apples to red apples?
three hundred thirteen is to one hundred fourteen
313 : 114
The ratio of local teachers to foreign teachers in a school is fifty four is to twelve. Reduce this in the simplest form.
54:12 = 9:2
PROPORTION OR NOT?
9:10 and 18:20
Proportion :)
12 is to 40 as x is to 20
x = 6
A recipe for spaghetti sauce requires four bottles of ketchup to make two gallons of sauce. How many bottles of ketchup are needed to make ten gallons of sauce?
Twenty (20) bottles of ketchup
[4 : 2 = x : 10]
At an icecream shop the ratio of chocolate cones sold to vanilla cones cones sold was 8:9. For every _____ vanilla cones sold there were _____ chocolate cones sold.
9 vanilla cones sold; 8 vanilla cones sold
The ratio of Jhel's winnings in a game to Jay's winnings is forty two is to thirty six. Reduce this in the simplest form.
42:36 = 7:6
PROPORTION OR NOT?
60:100 and 3:5
Proportion :)
8 is to 20 as 14 is to x
x = 35
It takes Mike eighteen minutes to finish reading four pages of a book. How long does it take for him to finish reading thirty pages?
One hundred thirty five (135) minutes
[18 : 4 = x : 30]
During the class election the ratio of votes for Rachel to votes for Adam was 5:8. For every _____ votes Rachel got, Adam got _____.
5 votes Rachel got, Adam got 8
The ratio of English speakers in a restaurant to Russian speakers is seven is to seventy. Reduce this in the simplest form.
7:70 = 1:10
PROPORTION OR NOT?
9:12 and 27:36
Proportion :)
44 is to 121 as x is to 11
x = 4
Charlie builds decks for a living. He builds fourteen standards decks in three weeks. How many decks can he build in twelve months?
Fifty six (56) decks
[14 : 3 = x : 12]