Quiz about Ratios, Rates & Proportions

Question 1

What is a Ratio?

Accepted Answer

Is a comparison of two quantities

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A rate with a denominator of one

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It is when the only factor the numerator and denominator share is a one

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Two decimals that can be multiplied

Question 2

What word can be used when writing a ratio?

Accepted Answer

to

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a

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be

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and

Question 3

What is the ratio of red apples to green apples

Accepted Answer

4 red apples to 3 green apples

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7 apples to 3 green

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4 red apples to 7 apples

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3 green apples to 4 red apples

Question 4

There are 15 boys out of 23 students.  What kind of ratio is this?

Accepted Answer

part to whole

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part to part

Question 5

The ratio of boys to girls in one class is 15:12.
What kind of ratio is this?

Accepted Answer

part to part

Answer

part to whole

Question 6

Tommy has a bag of LEGOS.  There are 6 yellow, 3 red, and 8 blue LEGOS.  What is the ratio in simplest form of red to yellow LEGOS?

Accepted Answer

1/2

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6/3

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2/1

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3/6

Question 7

Kelly has 10 apps on her iPad.
5 are school apps, 2 are music apps, and 3 are games.
What is the ratio of school apps to game apps?

Accepted Answer

5 to 3

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5 to 2

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3 to 5

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5 to 10

Question 8

There are 10 dimes, 8 quarters, and 5 nickels?  What is the ratio of quarters to dimes?

Accepted Answer

4 : 5

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10 to 8

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8 : 10

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5 to 4

Question 9

There are 4 triangles, 12 squares, and 6 circles.  What is the ratio of triangles to squares? Simplify.

Accepted Answer

1 : 3

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12 : 4

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2 to 6

Question 10

Your brother has a bag of marbles.  He has 8 green marbles, 3 blue marbles, 7 red marbles, and 2 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of blue marbles to green and red marbles?

Accepted Answer

1 : 5

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1 to 3

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2 to 3

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2 : 7

Question 11

Question 11.

Accepted Answer

96 pencils

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20 pencils

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24 pencils

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48 pencils

Question 12

Bob ate 100 fries in 5 minutes. On average, how many fries did he eat per minute?

Accepted Answer

20

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50

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15

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10

Question 13

My father drove 231 miles with 7 gallons of gas.  What was his mileage (miles per gallon)?

Accepted Answer

33 miles per gallon

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35 miles per gallon

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37 miles per gallon

Question 14

The Williams family bought four concert tickets for $252.  What was the price per ticket?

Accepted Answer

$63.00

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$60.00

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$6.30

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$62.00

Question 15

My mother purchased 8 Pepsi products at Bi-Lo for $14.00.  What is the price per product?

Accepted Answer

$1.75 per product

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$2.00 per product

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$1.50 per product

Question 16

Jon charges $12.00 to mow a lawn. This week he mowed 6 lawns. How much money did he earn?

Accepted Answer

$72

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$60

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$54

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$18

Question 17

My mother purchased 9 candy bars at Food Lion for $13.50.  What is the price per candy bar?

Accepted Answer

$1.50 per product

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$2.00 per product

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$1.75 per product

Question 18

Which rate is equivalent to $9 per hour?

Accepted Answer

$27 in 3 hours

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$28 in 4 hours

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$33 in 3 hours

Question 19

You spend $40 on 5 pounds of concrete. What is the unit rate in dollars per pound?

Accepted Answer

$8 per pound

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$5 per pound

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$35 per pound

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0.125 pounds per dollar

Question 20

What is A?

Accepted Answer

10

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12

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8

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6

Question 21

Solve the proportion.

Accepted Answer

n=8

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n=6

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n=24

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n=7

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

35

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60

Answer

18

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