Simplifying Ratios
Write the following ratio simplified (hint some ratios can't be simplified): 4 : 6
2 : 3
2 to 3
2/3
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent?
2 : 4 = ____ : 32
16
What is the ratio of blue to all of the colors in the American flag?
1:3, 1 to 3, 1/3
There are 2 red blocks, 3 orange blocks, and 4 black blocks. What is the ratio of all blocks to black blocks? (Write 2 ways)
9 : 4
9 to 4
Jamal plants red and white flowers along the walkway in front of his house. He plants the flowers in a ratio of 5 red to 2 white. He plants a total of 28 flowers. How many white flowers does he plant? (include unit)
8 white flowers
Write the following ratio simplified (hint some ratios can't be simplified): 10 : 20
1 : 2
1 to 2
1/2
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent?
3:7 = ___:28
12
There were 18 boys and 16 girls on a school bus. At a bus stop, 4 girls got off the bus and 3 boys got on the bus. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls on the bus now? Simplify your answer.
21:12 simplified is 7:4
A video uploaded had 18 'likes'. If the ratio of 'likes' to 'dislikes' was 9 : 2, how many 'dislikes' did the video get? (Label your answer)
What is 4 'dislikes'
Isabel's school colors are green and black. She needs to mix 3 oz blue paint with 5 oz yellow paint to get the correct shade of green. How many ounces of yellow paint does she need to make 64 ounces of green paint? (include unit)
40 oz yellow paint
Write the following ratio simplified (hint some ratios can't be simplified): 7 : 11
7 : 11
7 to 11
7/11
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent?
5:6 = 60: ?
72
A worker uses 8 gray tiles for every 10 blue tiles in a bathroom.
What is the ratio of blue to gray tiles?
What is 5:4?
During a race Gwen jogged for 15 minutes. If the ratio of time she jogged to time she walked was 5 : 3, how many minutes did Gwen walk? (Label your answer)
What is 9 minutes
On Saturday, 250 vehicles visited the local car wash. Of those vehicles, 4 out of every 5 were cars and the rest were trucks. How many trucks visited the car wash? (include unit)
What is 50 trucks?
Write the following ratio simplified (hint some ratios can't be simplified): 4000 : 5000
4 : 5
4 to 5
4/5
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent?
81:27 = ____:3
9
Mike had $56 at first. He had $27 left after giving some money to both Anne and John. If John got $15, what was the ratio of the amount of money Anne got to the amount of money John got?
$14:$15
A student finished 21 of her homework problems in class. If the ratio of problems she finished to problems she still had left was 7 : 3, how many total homework problems did she have? (Label your answer)
What is 30 total problems?
A chef makes dumplings in a ratio of 5 vegetable to 11 meat. She makes a total of 256 dumplings. How many of the dumplings are vegetable? (include unit)
What is 80 vegetable dumplings?
Write the following ratio simplified (hint some ratios can't be simplified): 68 : 18
34 : 9
34 to 9
34/9
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent?
72:48 = 12:____
8
A concrete mixture is made up of 3 parts water, 4 parts cement and 5 parts sand.
1. Find the ratio of cement to water
2. Find the ratio of sand to the mixture
(cement to water) 4:3
(sand to mixture) 5:12
A recipe's dry ingredients is two-sevenths sugar, and the rest is flour. If four cups of sugar were used, how many cups of flour would be needed? (Label your answer)
What is 10 cups?
Mr. Cooper is making punch for a party using a recipe that calls for 3 cups of seltzer for every 5 cups of juice. If he wants to make a total of 72 cups of punch, how many cups of seltzer will he need? (include unit)
What is 27 cups seltzer