Ratios
Unit Rate
Proportions
Word Problems
Vocabulary
100
Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form: 8 to 30
What is 4/15
100

410 km in 16 litres

What is 25.63 km/litre

100
Do each pair of ratios form a proportion? 2/3 and 6/9
What is Yes. (18 = 18)
100

Julie was able to walk 16 km through the park in 6 hours. How long will it take her to walk 24 km through the park?

What is 9 hours

100

A ___________ is a comparison of two quantities by division.

Ratio.

200

Write the ratios of I's to amount of letters in the word "Mississippi"

What is 4/11

200

1500 words in 25 minutes

What is 60 words per minute

200

Do the ratios form proportions? 5/4 and 25/16

What is No, a proportion would be 5/4 x 4 = 20/16

200

You bought 4 green apples and 1 red apple. The apples

were on sale for 5 for 4.39. How much did you pay

per apple? Show your work.

.878

200

Ratios that make the same comparison are __________.

Equivalent ratios.

300
Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form: 66 inches to 72 inches
What is 11/12
300

$1.12 for 8.2 grams

What is $0.14 / gram

300
Do the ratios form proportions? $8/20 lbs and $24/60 lbs
What is Yes (480 = 480)
300

If there are 1200 calories in an 180 gram piece of cheesecake, how many calories are in a 130 gram piece of cheesecake? 

What is 867 calories

300

I am baking a cake. My recipe calls for a quart

of milk. The grocery store only sells milk 

in pints. How many pints would I need to

buy to make my cake? 

2 pints = 1 quart

400
There are 140 students in 8th grade. If 80 of the students are girls, write the ratio of girls to boys in 8th grade.
What is 4/3
400

Which is the better buy? $3.99 for a 150 gram bag of candy or $2.99 for a 120 gram bag of candy

What is $2.99 for 120 gram bag = $0.02 / gram

400

Apples are on sale for 5 for $3.59 and peaches are on 

sale for 3 for $2.29. Which one is the better deal?

 Show your work.



Apples are the better deal

400

Annie bought 3 bags of special candy for $1.20. How much do 8 bags of candy cost?

What is $3.20

400

_________ are rates in which the second quantity is one.

Unit rates.

500

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form 30 seconds to 5 minutes

What is 6:1

500

Ethan can buy 4 CDs for $71.96 at CD Express or 9 CDs for $134.55 at Music Rox. Which has the better unit cost? How much is he saving per CD?

What is Music Rox has the better buy ($14.95 per CD). Ethan saved $3.04 per CD.

500

Do the ratios form proportions? 21 km/6 h and 14.3 km/ 3 hr

What is No. Proportionate ratio would be: 63/18 

GCF = 3

500

The moats separating the people from the animals are 5 m wide for bears and 4 m wide for leopards. If the bears' moats is 4 m deep, how deep should the leopards' moat be?

What is 3.2 m for the leopards

500

A ______________ is a statement that two ratios or rates are equivalent.

Proportion.