Ratios
Unit Rate
Percents
Word Problems
Word Problems
100
Write 6 girls to 8 boys as a ratio in 3 ways. Put in simplest form.
3/4, 3 to 4, 3:4
100
If Mimi drives 50 miles in 2 hours, what is her rate (speed per hour)? Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is 25 miles per hour
100
What percent of 45 is 9? Set up a proportion, cross multiply, and solve.
20%
100
The ratio of red to blue marbles is 6:5. If there are 18 red marbles, how many blue marbles are there? Draw a double number line.
15 blue marbles
100
Anna earns $12 in 3 hours. How much does she make in 5 hours? Set up equivalent ratios and solve. Hint* find the unit rate first.
What is $20
200
Write 10 limes to 6 lemons as a ratio in 3 ways.
10:6, 10/6, 10 to 6
200
If James types 120 words per 3 minutes, what is his rate of typing? Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is 40 words per minute
200
There are 12 boys in chorus. If 30% of the chorus members are boys then how many total members are there? Set up a proportion, cross multiply, and solve.
40 total members
200
A recipe calls for 3 cups of sugar for every 5 eggs. How many eggs do you need if there are 27 cups of sugar? Set up equivalent ratios.
45 eggs
200
Ramon gets 10 points in 4 games. How many does he get in 6 games? Hint* Find the unit rate first.
What is 15 points
300
What are the 3 ways we write a ratio.
As a fraction, with a colon, and with the word "to"
300
If 10 bags of Hot Cheetos cost $3.50, then how much does 1 cost? Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is $0.35
300
Carson has 15 pairs of shoes. Of his pairs of shoes, 20% are tennis shoes. How many pairs are tennis shoes? Set up a proportion, cross multiply, and solve.
3 pairs
300
In the zoo, there are 3 lions and 23 monkeys. What is the ratio of monkeys to lions?
23 to 3
300
Henry reads 8 pages in 6 minutes, then he reads 4 pages in how many minutes? Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is 3 minutes
400
A comparison between two numbers is called a______
ratio
400
Which is the better deal $20 for 5 t-shirts or $24 for 8 t-shirts Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is $24 for 8 t-shirts (rate of $3 per shirt)
400
9) Which of these is equivalent to 20%? A. 14 C. 0.20 B. 35 D. 0.02
C
400
Write an equivalent ratio to 4/6.
There are many answer choices: example 2/3, 8/12, etc.
400
Julia texts 60 words in 4 minutes, then she texts 45 words in how many minutes?Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is 3 minutes
500
What are the 2 ways to write an equivalent ratio? A Adding B Subtracting C Multiplying D Dividing
What is C, D Multiplying and Dividing
500
What is a unit rate?
a ratio where the bottom number is a 1
500
Sally got 15 out of the 25 questions correct on the test. What percentage did she get incorrect? Set up a proportion, cross multiply, and solve.
40%
500
The ratio of girls to boys who participated in the Geography Bee was 5:4. There were 20 girls. How many total students participated? Set up equivalent ratios to solve.
36 total students
500
Ms. Curtis students 25 hours for 2 tests, and studies 100 hours for how many tests?Set up equivalent ratios and solve.
What is 8 tests.