Ratio Word Problems
There are 5 white tiles for every 2 shaded tiles. There are 35 tiles in all. How many tiles are white? How many are shaded?
25 white tiles and 10 shaded tiles
Find GCF (16, 28)
4
3/4 * 1/2
Draw an area model to represent your answer.
3/8
6/4 divided by 1/2
12/4
3
If there are 24 oz: 3 cups, what is the unit rate?
8 oz : 1 cup
In a pond, there were 18 geese and 45 ducks. What is the ratio of geese to ducks? What is the most simplified ratio?
18 geese:45 ducks, 18 geese to 45 ducks, or 18 geese/45 ducks
2 geese:5 ducks, 2 geese to 5 ducks, or 2 geese/5 ducks
Find GCF (46, 69)
23
4 * 2 1/4
36/4
9
3/7 divided by 1 1/2
6/21
2/7
If the Stewart family's old car used 9 miles of gas to drive 252 miles, what is the unit rate?
28 miles per gallon
Troy collects rocks. He has 4 quartz rocks for every 11 sandstone rocks. He has a total of 45 rocks. How many many quartz rocks does he have?
12 quartz rocks
Find LCM (3,8)
24
2/6 * 3/2
6/12
1/2
8/10 divided by 3/2
16/30
8/15
Tropical bananas are 9 for $3.51. How much does 1 banana cost?
$0.39
Martina's sister makes charm bracelets to give to her friends. She uses the same number of charms on each of the bracelets. Last week, she made 4 bracelets. She used 20 charms. What is the unit rate? How many charms does she use for 75 bracelets?
1 bracelet: 5 charms
375 charms
Find LCM (9,12)
36
How much of a snack bar will each person get if 2 people share 1/2 of a snack bar equally?
1/4 of a bar
6/8 divided by 3/12
72/24
3
Organic bananas cost $3.28 for 8. What is the cost of 1 banana?
$0.41
A university has a student-faculty ratio of 14:1. How many students are there for 8 faculty members?
112 students
Grace and Owen are running laps around a track. Grace runs one lap every five minutes and Owen runs one lap every 6 minutes. They start at 10:00 am.
What time will they cross the finish line together?
10:30 am
4 1/2* 5 1/4
189/8
23 5/8
4 1/2 divided by 1/4
36/2
18
The Stewart family's old car used 9 gallons to drive 252 miles. The new car uses 4 gallons to drive 164 miles. Which one goes farther on 1 gallon of gas?
Old car 28 miles per gallon
New car 41 miles per gallon
New car