6.RP.1 Ratio Practice

During swim practice Brandi swam 6 butterfly stroke laps and 8 freestyle laps. What is the ratio of freestyle laps to total laps?

• 6:14

• 8:6

• 8:14

• 14:8

During a pep rally, 337 students are sitting in the bleachers of the gym and the remaining students are sitting on the gym floor. If there are 421 students at the pep rally, what is the ratio of students sitting in the bleachers to those students sitting on the floor?

• 84 to 337

• 84 to 421

• 337 to 84

• 337 to 421

Armando is an architect. Out of the five projects he worked on last year, one was a restaurant and the rest were houses. Which ratio represents the number of houses he designed to the number of restaurants?

• 1 : 3

• 4 : 1

• 5 : 3

• 5 : 4

A team played 18 games during the season. The team lost 8 games and won the rest. What is the ratio of wins to losses?

• 4 to 5

• 4 to 9

• 5 to 4

• 13 to 4

At a meeting, there were 18 men and 24 women. What is the ratio of men to women at the meeting?

• 3 to 4

• 3 to 7

• 4 to 7

• 4 to 3

John flipped a coin 9 times and recorded 5 heads. What is the ratio of heads to tails John recorded?

• 5 : 9

• 4 : 5

• 5 : 4

• 9 : 5

A drawing contained 6 circles, 8 triangles, and 4 rectangles. What is the ratio of triangles and circles to all shapes in the drawing?

• 2 : 7

• 7 : 2

• 7 : 9

• 9 to 7

There are 160 students in the band. If there are 100 boys, what is the ratio of girls to boys?

• 3 : 8

• 3 : 5

• 5 : 8

• 5 : 3

Which of the following situations describes a ratio of 5:3?

• The students earned 5 points for every 15 minutes of afterschool work.

• The team scored 6 points for every 10 points that the other team scored.

• Joey’s father will give him 3 dollars for every 5 bags of leaves that Joey rakes.

• For every 10 minutes of homework, Julie gets 6 minutes added on to her TV time.

A family started their vacation with a full tank of gasoline. The car’s gas tank holds 18 gallons. They used another full tank of gas while traveling a total of 775 miles. What is the ratio of gallons of gasoline used to the total number of miles traveled?

• 775 to 36

• 36 to 775

• 18 to 2

• 2 to 18