There are 12 roses and 7 peonies. What is the ratio of peonies to roses?
7 : 12
100
Sandy bought 4 bracelets for $8.00. What is the unit rate for each bracelet?
$2.00 per bracelet.
100
Simplify: 8 : 4
2 : 1
100
Which is the better deal: $20 for 4 books or $36 for 6 books? (Show your work)
$20 for 4 books ($5 per book. The other is $6 per book.)
100
The scale on a map is 2cm : 1km.
If two cities are 4cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance in km between the two cities?
2km
200
There are 19 girls and 12 boys in a class. 19 : 12 is the ratio of...
Girls to Boys
200
Daryl works 8 hours and makes $120. How much does he make per hour?
$15/hour
200
Simplify: 18 : 8
9 : 4
200
Janie ran 8 miles in 72 minutes. Michael ran 3 miles in 24 minutes. Who ran faster? (Show your work.)
Michael (8 minutes per mile. Janie ran 9 minutes per mile.)
200
Avery pays $6 for 4 bouncy balls. How much would 10 bouncy balls cost?
$15
300
Monika's mom made 12 oatmeal raisin cookies and 36 chocolate chip cookies. What is the ratio of chocolate chip cookies to total cookies?
Acceptable answers: 36 : 48, 36 to 48, 36 out of 48, 36/48, 3 : 4, 3 to 4, 3 out of 4, 3/4
300
Melody's mom is making breakfast for 7 people. She always makes sure each person gets a fair share of food. If she makes 21 pieces of bacon, how much should each person get?
3 pieces.
300
Simplify: 14 : 35
2 : 5
300
Keith could buy 12 CDs for $66 or 8 CDs for $40. Which is the better deal? (Show your work.)
8 CDs for $40 ($5.00 per CD. The other is $5.50 per CD.)
300
In chemistry class, the girl to boy ratio is 9 to 4.
If there are 20 boys, how many girls are there?
45 girls.
400
There are 11 juice boxes and 5 sodas in the fridge. 5 : 16 is the ratio of...
Sodas to total drinks in the fridge.
400
Theresa drove 399 miles in 7 hours. What was her speed?
57 miles per hour
400
Simplify: 72 : 54
4 : 3
400
Ms. Blake is buying a car. She wants to get one with good gas mileage. She could choose a convertible that can travel 384 miles with 12 gallons of gas or a hatchback that can travel 114 miles with 3 gallons of gas. Which is better? (Show your work.)
The hatchback (38 miles per gallon. The convertible is only 32 miles per gallon.)
400
Laurence needs 8 cups of flour for every 6 batches of cookies. If he's making 15 batches of cookies, how much flour will he need?
20 cups of flour.
500
Mariah has 23 yellow beads, 11 red beads, and 18 green beads. Write the ratio of red beads out of total beads.
11 : 52 or 11 out of 52 or 11/52, etc
500
Jelani bought 9 candy bars for $7.11. How much was each candy bar?
$0.79
500
Kevin can run 6 miles in 51 minutes. Write this as a ratio of miles to minutes and then simplify.
2 miles : 17 minutes
500
Avery reads 21 pages in 12 minutes. Sara reads 52 pages in 20 minutes. Who reads faster?
Sara. (Sara reads 2.6 pages per minute. Avery reads 1.75 pages per minute.) OR (Sara's ratio is 7 pages : 4 minutes, which is equivalent to 35 pages : 20 minutes)
500
In physics class, the girl to boy ratio is 3 to 10.
If there are a total of 65 students, how many boys are there? (**This one is really tough!**)