ratio
ratio/rate word problems
percentages word problems
RANDOM
100

Simplify 12:8

3:2

100

The space program has 18 astronauts in outer space and 16 astronauts on Earth. What is the ratio of the number of astronauts on Earth to the number of astronauts in outer space?

16:18

100

Chad's town voted on a new speed limit. 20% of the 65 votes were in favor of the new speed limit. How many votes were in favor?

13 votes

100

What is 50% of 14

7

200

Simplify 48:56

6:7

200

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A donut shop made 13 donuts with frosting and 37 donuts without frosting. What is the ratio of the number of donuts without frosting to the number of donuts with frosting?

37:13

200

The city council voted on a new tax. The council has 60 members and 40% of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

24 members

200

What is 95% of $400?

$380

300

Simplify 21:28

3:4

300

A donuts shop made 8 donuts with frosting and 42 donuts without frosting. What is the ratio of the number of donuts without frosting to the total number of donuts?

42:50

300

At Adam's Swimwear, 25% of the 48 swimsuit styles are bikinis. If the rest are one piece bathing suits, how many one piece styles are there?

36 one piece styles

300

Diet Coke was on sale last week at Fairway. Apparently, you could pay $8 for four cans of Diet Coke. What is the unit price for one can of Diet Coke?

$2

400

Simplify 7:70

1:10

400

The ratio of dogs to cats in an animal shelter is 5 to 3.  If there are 14 more dogs than cats, how many cats are there in the animal shelter?

21 cats

400

A factory makes 600 mugs a day, but 10% of them get broken.  How many mugs break each day at the factory?

60 mugs

400

Yesterday afternoon there were 225 students in the cafeteria for lunch #thatsalotofkippsters. If there were four boys for every five girls, which of the following must be true?

  1. There were 25 times as many girls as boys. 

  1. There were 180 boys in the cafeteria.

  1. There were 25 more girls in the cafeteria than boys.

  1. There were 125 boys and 100 girls in the cafeteria.

3. There were 25 more girls in the cafeteria than boys.

500

Simplify 45:81

5:9

500

Jason is driving across the country. For the first 3 hours, he travels 60 mph. For the next 2 hours he travels 72 mph. How far did Jason travel in miles? 

324 miles

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!

Colette has a new beaded necklace. 75% of the 56 beads on Colette's necklace are blue. How many blue beads are there on Colette's necklace?

42 blue beads

500

When we are making a percent/fraction, we put the _______ in the numerator, the ________ in the denominator. The ___________ always represents ____%

part; total; total; 100