Ratios
Unit Rate
Proportions
Word Problems
Test Quest
100

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form: 8 to 30

4/15

100

Write the unit rate: 410 miles in 16 gallons. Round to hundredths place and labels necessary.

25.63 miles/gallon

100

Do each pair of ratios form a proportion? 2/3 and 6/9 (yes/no and EXPLAIN!)

Yes. Cross Products are equal

100

Julie was able to walk 16 miles through the park in 6 hours. How long will it take her to walk 24 miles through the park? (Correct label necessary)

9 hours

100

There are 150 Calories in a 3/4-cup serving of cereal. How many Calories are in 5 cups of cereal?

1000

200

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

4/11

200

1500 words in 25 minutes (correct label necessary)

60 words per minute

200

Do the ratios form proportions? 5/4 and 25/16 (yes/no and EXPLAIN!)

No, cross products not equal.

200

The ratio of vanilla pudding to chocolate pudding in a banana split pie is 4 to 3. Olivia has 64 oz of vanilla pudding. How much chocolate pudding does she need? (Label matters!)

48 ounces.

200

Kari buys a 32-oz container of blueberries for $4.25. Jessica buys an 18-oz container of blueberries for $2.54. Who has the better buy per ounce?

0.13 vs 0.14

Kari

300

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form: 66 inches to 72 inches

11/12

300

Write the unit rate for $1.12 for 8.2 ounces (hundredths and label)

$0.14 per ounce

300

Do the ratios form proportions? $8/20 lbs and $24/60 lbs.  yes/no and EXPLAIN!

Yes (Cross products and/or Unit rates are equal)

300

If there are 1200 calories in an 8 oz piece of cheesecake, how many calories are in a 3 oz piece of cheesecake? (Include the correct label)

450 calories

300

A model of an old oak tree was built using the scale 

2 in. : 20 ft.  If the tree's actual height is 82 feet, what is the height of the model? 

8.2 in

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 in simplest form.

4/3

400

Which is the better buy? $3.29 for a 16-ounce bag of candy $2.99 for a 12-ounce bag of candy

$3.29 for 16-ounce bag = $0.21 per ounce (other bag is $0.25 per ounce)

400

Do the ratios form proportions? 5 ft/7 s and 25 ft/ 49 s (yes/no and EXPLAIN)

No.  Cross products not equal and/or Unit Rates are not equal.

400

On a map 1.5 cm represents a distance of 45 km.  If two points on the map are 0.8 cm apart, what is the actual distance between the two points?

24 km

400

A car uses 4.25 liters of gas to travel 30 miles. How many liters of gas do they use per mile? (round to the nearest hundredth)  

4.25/30= 14 liters per mile


500

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form 30:5

6:1

500

Ethan can buy 4 shirts for $71.96 at Express or 9 shirts for $134.55 at Foxy's Fashion. Which has the better unit cost?

Foxy's has the better buy (14.95 per shirt).

500

Do the ratios form proportions? 21 mi/6 h and 14.3 mi/ 3 hr. (yes/no and EXPLAIN)

No, Cross products not equal and/or unit rates not equal
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?  (label label label)

3.2 m for the leopards

500

John used 12.5 cups of beans in a dish that serves 10 people. Dominick used 10.8 cups of beans in a dish that serves 8 people.
How many more beans are in one serving of Dominick's dish?

1.25 vs 1.35 = 0.10 more