Solving Ratio Problems

At a school fundraiser for every 3 boxes of chocolate sold you earn 15 points. If you were to sell 7 boxes, how many points would you have earned?

• 35
• 33
• 31
• 30

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

A box of candy had 2 cherry pieces for every 4 lemon pieces. If the box had 36 cherry pieces, how many lemon pieces would there be?

• 18

• 9

• 54

• 72

 A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 7 : 3. If you used 63 ounce of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use? Solve  by using equivalent fractions.

• 9
• 18
• 21
• 27

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

At the carnival, the ratio of people who won the ring toss game to lost it was 8 : 5. If 24 people won, how many people would have lost?

• 3
• 13
• 15
• 24

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

The class has 12 girls and 16 boys. What is the ratio of total students to boys? (simplest form)

• 28/16
• 7/4
• 16/28
• 12/16

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

In a certain apartment building, the ratio of tenants to cars is 3:5. If there are 30 tenants, how many cars are there?

• 35
• 60
• 18
• 50

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

There were 5 ice cream cones for every 3 brownies sold at the ice cream shop. If there were 24 brownies sold, how many ice cream cones were sold?

• 8
• 15
• 40
• 29

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

In my fish tank, the ratio of red fish to blue fish is 3:5. There are 20 blue fish. How many red fish are there?

• 18
• 12
• 4
• 15

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

You earn $15 every 3 weeks. At this rate, how much will you earn in 5 weeks?

• $25
• $35
• $5
• $10

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Mr. Dulin runs 5 miles in 42 minutes.  He plans to run in a 25 mile race.  Based on his current speed, about how long will it take him to complete the race?

• 210 minutes
• 8.4 minutes
• 1050 minutes
• 200 minutes

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3