Ratio and Proportional Reasoning SOL 6.1, SOL 6.12a-d

Identify all of the ratios that could be used to represent the number of lawns to the number of hours in the following situation.

John can mow 3 lawns in 6 hours.

• 6 : 12

• 6 to 3

• 3 to 6

• 6 : 3

• 1 : 2

Ms. Larson bought 4 red roses and 16 purple tulips for the front yard. What is the ratio of roses to the total number of flowers?

• 1:4

• 4:1

• 1:5

• 4:5

At Centerville Middle School, there are 120 students in sixth grade, and 80 of those students are girls. What is the ratio of girls to boys in Centerville’s sixth grade?

• 2 to 3

• 3 to 2

• 2 to 1

• 1 to 2

Benjamin has 10 green marbles, 15 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles in a box. What is the ratio of green marbles to all of the marbles in the box?

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{1}{2}$

• $\frac{3}{1}$

• $\frac{2}{1}$

Which of the following situations could be represented with a ratio of 2:5?

• The ratio of soup to sandwiches in a restaurant where they sold 10 bowls of soup and 4 sandwiches.

• The ratio of boys to girls in a class of 35 students where 10 are boys.

• The ratio of snow days to school days in January when we had 2 snow days and 15 school days.

• The ratio of correct answers to total questions on a quiz where a student got 6 questions right and 15 questions wrong.

Tyrique is mixing yellow and blue paint using a ratio of 2 to 3. Which of the following values are missing from the ratio table of yellow paint to blue paint?

• 9 to 6

• 6 to 8

• 6 to 9

• 5 to 7

Stacy went to an arcade that requires 6 tokens to play 2 games. Which of the following table of values represent the proportional relationship between the number of games and tokens.

• 6:8

  9:12

  12:16

  15:20

• 4:14

  6:21

  8:28

  10:35

• 2:6

  3:9

  4:12

  5:15

• 6:2

  9:3

  12:4

  15:5

Jordan makes $10 per hour doing yardwork for his neighbors. Create a table showing how much he will make if he continues working at this rate. The y value is the money and the x value is time.

• 1:10

  2:20

  3:30

  4:40

• 10:1

  20:2

  30:3

  40:4

• 1:5

  2:10

  3:15

  4:20

• 5:1

  10:2

  15:3

  20:4

Which of the following tables represents a proportional relationship between x and y with a ratio of 3:4?

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Sophia makes $12 an hour babysitting. Which of the following tables represents the proportional relationship between the hours spent babysitting, x, and the money she earns, y?

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