Ratios

A classroom had 35 glue sticks.  If the ratio of glue sticks to glue bottles was 5 : 2, how many glue bottles did the classroom have?

• 5 glue bottles
• 7 glue bottles
• 14 glue bottles
• 35 glue bottles

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 10 : 3.  If you used 70 ounces of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use?

• 7
• 21
• 30
• 50

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

At a bake sale there were 72 raisin cookies sold.  If the ratio of raisin cookies sold to oatmeal cookies sold was 9 : 1, what is the combined amount of raisin and oatmeal cookies sold?

• 100
• 81
• 80
• 50

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

The ratio of red cars to blue cars in a parking lot was 5 : 3.  If there were 40 red cards, how many blue cars were there?

• 3
• 8
• 18
• 24

A produce store sold 63 red apples.  If the ratio of red apples to green apples sold was 7 : 2, what is the combined amount of red and green apples sold?

• 9
• 18
• 70
• 81

At a farm the ratio of cows to horses was 9 : 2.  If there were 72 cows at the farm, how many horses were there?

• 8
• 16
• 20
• 42