Ratio Word Problems Period 1

A recipe requires 2 cups of milk for every 3 cups of flour. If you use 8 cups of milk, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 9
• 12
• 16
• 6

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

For every $5 Carl spends on movies, he spends $15 on video games. Last month, she spent $60 on video games. How much did he spend on movies?

• $50

• $30

• $20

• $25

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 6:5. If there are 18 boys, how many girls are there?

• 11
• 24
• 12
• 15

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

While preparing for a triathlon, Janecia swims 8 minutes for every 20 minutes she bikes.  If she swims 72 minutes, how long does she bike for?

• 180 minutes
• 144 minutes
• 92 minutes
• 80 minutes

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Mrs. Shelly paid $3 for 6 muffins and Mrs. Kloske paid $9 for 18 muffins.  

• yes, equivalent
• no, not equivalent

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

18 vocab words learned in 2 hours; 27 vocab words learned in 3 hours

• yes, equivalent
• no, not equivalent

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2A

$15 for 5 pairs of socks; $25 for 10 pairs of socks. Are the ratios equivalent?

• yes, equivalent
• no, not equivalent

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

In one day a movie store rented out 20 comedies. If the ratio of comedies rented to action movies rented was 4 : 3, how many action movies were rented?

• 5
• 15
• 3.3333
• 4 1/3

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

If you have 3 pennies, 4 nickels, and 5 dimes which represents the following ratio: nickels to total number of coins?

• 4:5
• 3:12
• 4:12
• 5:12

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

The ratio of 6th graders to 7th graders at a basketball game is 4:1.  If there are eight 7th graders, how many 6th graders are there?

• 28
• 16
• 8
• 32

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3