In the cafeteria, 100 milk cartons were put out for breakfast. At the end of breakfast, 42 remained.
What is the ratio of the number of milk cartons taken to the total number of milk cartons?
58:100
Mason and Laney ran laps to train for track. The ratio of the number of laps Mason ran to the number of laps Laney ran was 3:5.
If Laney ran 220 meters, how far did Mason run?
132 meters
The Speedy Fast Ski resort has started to keep track of the number of skiers and snowboarders who bought season passes. The ratio of skiers to snowboarders is 1:2. If 2,405 more snowboarders bought season passes than skiers, how many snowboarders and how many skiers bought season passes?
4,810 snowboarders and 2,405 skiers.
At the beginning of 6th grade, the ratio of the number of advanced math students to the number of regular math students was 3:8. However, after taking a test, some students were moved out of regular to the advanced class. The new ratio is 4:7. How many students started in regular and advanced math if there were 92 students in advanced math after the test?
69 advanced, 184 regular
In the cafeteria, 100 milk cartons were put out for breakfast. At the end of breakfast, 42 remained.
What is the ratio of the number of milk cartons remaining to the number of milk cartons taken?
42:58
Shanni and Mel are using ribbon to decorate a project in their art class. The ratio of the length of Shanni's ribbon to the length of Mel's ribbon is 7:4. If Mel has 60 yards of ribbon, how much ribbon does Shanni have?
105 yards
The ratio of the number of adults to the number of students at the prom has to be 1:10. Last year, there were 477 more students than adults at the prom. If the school is expecting the same attendance this year, how many adults have to attend the prom?
53 adults
The school band is comprised of middle school and high school students. The ratio is 1:8. However, more MS students joined band and the ratio changed 2:7. If there are 18 middle school students in band this year, how many high school students were in band last year?
72 HS students
What is a ratio for this situation: Janie scored 4 times as many goals as Gracie.
4:1
Josie took a long multiple-choice vocab test. The ratio of the number of problems Josie got incorrect to the number of problems she got correct is 1:10.
If Josie missed 20 questions, how many did she get correct?
200 correct questions
Last summer at Camp, the ratio of the number of boy campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7. If there were a total of 195 campers, how many boy campers are there? How many girl campers?
104 boys and 91 girls
Tom and Rob are brothers who like to make bets about the outcomes of different contests between them. Before the last bet, the ratio of the amount of Tom's money to the amount of Rob's money was 4:7. Rob lost the latest bet, and now the ratio of the amount of Tom's money to the amount of Rob's money is 8:3. If Rob had $280 before the last bet, how much does he have now that he lost the bet?
$120
3:4
Mason and Laney ran laps to train for track. The ratio of number of laps Mason ran to the number of laps Laney ran was 3:5.
If Mason ran 12 miles, how many did Laney run?
20 miles
The student to faculty ratio at a small college is 17:3. The total number of students and faculty is 740. How many faculty members are at that college? How many students?
111 faculty members, 629 students
A sporting goods store ordered new bikes and scooters. For every 3 bikes ordered, 4 scooters were ordered. However, bikes were way more popular, so the store changed the order. The number of bikes ordered to the number of scooters ordered is now 5:2. If 64 scooters were ordered originally, how many bikes were ordered as part of the new order?
80 bikes
What are the three ways to write a ratio?
a:b
a/b
a to b
Josie took a long multiple-choice vocab test. The ratio of the number of problems she got incorrect to the number of problems she got correct is 1:10.
If Josie missed 8 questions, how many did she get correct?
80 correct questions
I looked at the school parking lot and found the number of cars to trucks is 4:5. If there are 8 more trucks than cars, how many of each type of vehicle are there?
32 cars, 40 trucks
Peter is trying to work out by completing situps and pushups. Originally, he was completing 5 situps for every three pushups, but then he injured his shoulder. After the injury, he completed the same number of reps as he did before the injury, but he completed 7 situps for every 1 pushup. After the injury, he completed 8 pushups. How many pushups was he completing before his injury?
24 pushups before injury