Representing Ratios
Last year the girls’ basketball team had 8 fifth-grade students and 7 sixth-grade students. What was the ratio of sixth-grade students to fifth-grade students on the team?
7/8
Carmen exercises every day. She does sit-ups and push-ups at a ratio of 8:5. Carmen does 40 sit-ups. Using the ratio, how many push-ups does she do?
25 push-ups
Mr. Watson prepares the cakes shown in his bakery shop. He takes 240 minutes to prepare 10 cakes. How many minutes does it take for him to prepare 1 cake?
24 minutes
Lin's family has completed 60% of a trip. They have traveled 30 miles. How long is the whole trip?
50 miles
Gas Station # 1 Sells 4 Gallons for $3.00
Gas Station #2 Sells 28 Gallons $20.00 Which is the better buy?
Gas Station # 2
Gloria typed a 36-page document, in which she made 54 errors. What is the ratio of the number of pages to the number of errors in simplest form?
2:3
For every 10 minutes Jamie is at the beach, she collects 3 seashells. This morning, Jamie went to the beach for 60 minutes. How many seashells did she collect this morning?
18 seashells
Sally buys 14 pounds of rice for $56. How much does 1 pound of rice cost?
$4
Julie's family has to travel 240 miles.They have traveled 90 miles so far. What percent have they traveled?
37.5%
Using 1 gallon = 4 quarts, how many quarts is 2.5 gallons?
10 quarts
A restaurant worker used 5 loaves of wheat bread and 2 loaves of rye bread to make sandwiches for an event. What does the ratio 7:2 mean in terms of the loaves of bread used for the event?
Total amount of bread to rye bread
Julie drove 495 miles in 9 hours. How many miles did Julie drive in 3 hours?
185 miles
Juliet baked 30 brownies for a party. She gave 6 brownies to a friend. What percent of the brownies did Juliet give her friend?
20%
Diego can type 140 words in 4 minutes. How many words can he type in 15 minutes?
525 words
Alexandra's homeroom took a survey to determine their favorite ice cream flavors. 12 students chose chocolate; 8 students chose vanilla; 6 students chose strawberry; and 2 students chose coffee. What is the ratio of students who chose vanilla to total number of students?
8:28
A train covers a distance of 80 miles in 2 hours. At this rate, about how many hours will it take to cover a distance of 200 miles?
5 hours
Heather drove at a constant rate. She traveled 162 miles in 3 hours. How far did Heather travel in 1 hour?
54 miles
What is 80% of 50?
40%
A restaurant has 26 tables in its dining room. It takes the waitstaff 10 minutes to clear and set 4 tables. At this rate, how long will it take them to clear and set all the tables?
65 minutes
Arnold’s entire workout consisted of 10 minutes of warm-up exercises, 25 minutes of lifting weights, and 15 minutes on the treadmill. What was the ratio of the number of minutes he lifted weights to the total number of minutes of his entire workout?
1:2
Keeshawn earns $104 for watching his aunt's dog for 8 days.How much did he earn for 3 days?
$39
At a bakery, 7 chocolate cupcakes cost $17.50 and 3 vanilla cupcakes cost $10.50. How much would it cost to buy 3 chocolate cupcakes and 5 vanilla cupcakes?
$25
10 is what percent of 200?
5%
Use 1 pound = 16 ounces. Which is heavier: 5 pounds or 82 ounces?
82 ounces