Multi-Step Ratio Problems

Ratios and Proportions

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Multiple Choice

What are 3 ways that the ratio $$\frac{5}{15}$$   can be written?

• 5 : 15, 5 to 15, $$\frac{2}{3}$$  

• 5 : 15, 15 to 5, $$\frac{5}{15}$$  

• 15 : 5, $$\frac{5}{15}$$  5 to 15

• 5 to 15, 5 : 15, $$\frac{5}{15}$$  

Poll

Which ratio form is equivalent to $$\frac{2}{3}$$  ?

• 4 : 12

• 10 : 15

• 3 : 9

• 12 : 21

Poll

At the zoo, there are 15 bears for every 5 lions. Which ratio represents bears to lions at the zoo?

• $$\frac{5}{15}$$  

• 1 : 5

• 3 : 1

• 5 to 1

Multiple Choice

Express the ratio in simplest form

36 : 9

• 3 : 1

• 4 : 3

• 2 : 1

• 4 : 1

Multiple Choice

Express the ratio in simplest form

12 : 15

• $$\frac{4}{5}$$  

• 3 : 5

• $$\frac{1}{3}$$  

• 2 : 5

Poll

Simplify the ratio $$\frac{7}{35}$$  

• 5 to 1

• $$\frac{1}{3}$$  

• $$\frac{5}{1}$$  

• 1 : 5

Multiple Choice

Which ratio is equivalent 4 : 12 ?

• $$\frac{12}{36}$$  

• 3 : 1

• 1 : 4

• $$\frac{8}{36}$$  

Multiple Choice

Which ratio is equivalent to $$\frac{16}{2}$$  ?

• $$\frac{4}{1}$$  

• 32 : 6

• 5 to 7

• 48 : 6

Multiple Choice

An animal shelter has 12 cats and 9 dogs. If 1 cat and 1 dog were adopted, would the ratio of cats to dogs remain the same

• Yes

• No