Ratio Problem Solving

A builder could get 6 sheets of sheetrock for $10. If he bought 15 sheets, how much money would he have spent? Use a double number line to solve. 

• 20
• 21
• 25
• 30

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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?

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• 30

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 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.

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• 27

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In a bag of Jolly Ranchers, the ratio of blue to red is 3 to 4.  If I have a TOTAL of 56 Jolly Ranchers, how many of them are blue?  Solve with a tape diagram.

• 12
• 28
• 32
• 24

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Hilbert burns 120 calories per 30 minutes of weight training.  Complete the table to chart his calorie expenditure for different amounts of time. What is the value of a?

• a= 80
• a= 6
• a= 60
• a= 120

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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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Edward had beaten 24 levels in a video game. If the ratio of levels he had beaten to not beaten was 3 : 1, how many levels does the game have total? Use a tape diagram to solve.

• 8
• 32
• 25
• 4

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

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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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The ratio of boys to girls in history class is 4 to 5. How many girls are in the class if there are 12 boys in the class?

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• 15

• 51

• 20

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A factory produces 6 motorcycles in 9 hours. Find how many hours it takes to produce 16 motorcycles at this rate.

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• 54

• 33

• 12

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