Ratios
Alex's mom prepares a plate with 5 peaches and 4 apples for the 6 students in Alex's study group. What is the ratio of fruit to students?
9 to 6
Trisha wanted to fill her backyard swimming pool. Her garden hose delivers 40 gallons in 5 minutes. How many gallons of water will be in the pool after 20 minutes? Must show units for points
160 gallons
What is 75% of 400?
300
Chloe has 6 yards of ribbon. She cuts the ribbon into pieces that are 3/4 yard long.
How many _____ fit into _____.
3/4 fit into 6
In the number 7,776 / 486 = 16 tell which number is the
1. dividend
2. divisor
3. quotient
Dividend =7,776
Divisor = 486
Quotient = 16
Luci's dog had a litter of puppies. She notices that 2 are brown, 1 is white, and 3 are spotted. What is the ratio of total puppies to brown puppies? Write the answer in 3 different ways.
6 to 2
6:2
6/2
Taylor uses 12 red beads to make 4 bracelets. How many red beads will Taylor need to make 16 bracelets?
BONUS: How many bracelets can Taylor make if she has 20 red beads?
48 red beads
BONUS: 1 bracelet
There are 50 puzzles in Brooklynn's puzzle book. She finished 30% of the puzzles. HOw many puzzles does she have left to do?
35 puzzles
Jaela has 2/3 yard of fabric to make small flags. Each flag requires 1/6 yard of fabric. How many flags can Jaela make?
4 flags
What is the GCF (greatest common factor) of 60 and 24
12
Cameron can travel 350 miles on 10 gallons of gas in his Ferrari. How far can he travel on 30 gallons of gas? (MUST SHOW UNITS)
1,050 miles
The list shows how many serving of different breakfast items it expects to sell every 15 minutes. Cups of coffee - 25
Glasses of orange juice - 10
Omelets - 6
How many of each item does the restaurant expect to sell in one hour?
coffee - 100 cups
oj - 40 glasses
Omelets - 24 omelets
Suppose 60% of 300 students chose to conserve natural resources. How many students chose not to conserve natural resources?
120 students
It takes Jaiden 9 minutes to bicycle 4/10 of the way to school. How many minutes does it take Jaiden to bicycle all the way to school?
30 minutes
What is the LCM (least common multiple) of 18 and 30
90
Chase buys 3 tickets for $48 for a rock concert. He also bought 2 tickets for $36 for a country music concert. Which of the concert tickets was a better price?
$/ticket
rock concert 48/3 = $16
country music concert 36/2 = $18
One recipe for cereal bars uses 5 cups of cereal and 3 cups of nuts. A different recipe uses 3 cups of cereal and 1 cup of nuts. Which recipe is nuttier? (Important hint: Compare the nuts with 15 cups of cereal for both recipes)
recipe 1 c:n is 15:9
recipe 2 c:n is 15:5
Charlotte received 300 votes in the election of student council president. That was 60% of the students who voted. How many students voted in the election?
500 students
Carter made 2/3 gallon of lemonade and plans to share it equally among 4 friends. How much lemonade with each friend get?
Extra 100 points if your answer is simplified
2/3 / 4 = 2/12 = 1/6 gallon
Evaluate:
3/7 - 2/5
1/35
Masen traveled 260 miles on the highway for 4 hours, driving at the same speed for the whole trip. How many miles did he travel each hour?
DOUBLE YOUR POINTS: If he continued at this rate, how many miles did he travel in 5 hours?
65 mph
BONUS: 325 miles
Claire ran 3 miles in 20 minutes and cont. running at this rate for 1 hour. Jace ran 6 miles in 30 minutes and cont running at his rate for 1 hour.
1. Claire ran ____ miles in 1 hour
2. Jace ran _____ miles in 1 hour.
BONUS 3. _____ will run _____farther.
Claire 9 miles in an hour
Jace 12 miles in an hour
BONUS: Jace ran 3 miles farther
Kate spends $63 on souvenirs during her vacation. That is 35% of the money she brought with her. How much money did Kate bring with her on the trip?
DONUS: How much money does Kate have left to spend?
$180 on the trip
$117 left to spend
Write a word problem that you can represent with the expression 8 / 2/3.
varies
Emily has an upstairs closet with the dimensions of 4 ft x 5 ft x 8 ft. Her downstairs closet has the dimensions of 6 ft x 3 ft x 9 ft. Which closet has the largest volume? (remember your units for volume!)
BONUS: How much larger is the larger closet?
up - 160 ft3
down - 162 ft3
downstairs closet has an extra 2 ft3