Understanding Ratios Word Problems

Eight out of ten teachers give homework. What is the ratio of teachers who give homework to teachers who do not give homework?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

Seven out of 18 classmates are on Ella's soccer team. What is the ratio of classmates not on Ella's soccer team to classmates on Ella's soccer team?

• 7/18

• 7/11

• 11/7

• 18/7

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Out of 25 students who took the test, 21 passes. What is the ratio of students who passed to total number of students?

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There are 5 white buttons in a bag of 19 buttons. What is the ratio of white buttons to buttons that are not white?

• 5:19

• 19/5

• 14:5

• 5/14

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Candidate B received 5 votes and Candidate A has 50 votes. What is the ratio of Votes for Candidate A to votes for Candidate B?

• 5/20

• 5/50

• 50/5

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CCSS.6.RP.A.2

What is the ratio of yellow marbles to total marbles?

• 4/18

• 14/4

• 4/14

• 18/4

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In the fruit bowl there are 4 apples, 2 bananas, and 5 pears. What is the ratio of pears to ALL fruit?

• 5:4

• 5/11

• 2:5

• 6/5

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What are the 3 ways to write a ratio?

• fraction, comma, colon

• fraction, colon, the word to

• colon, comma, equation

• fraction, decimal, percent

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A box hold 20 marbles. There are 13 green marbles and the rest are yellow. What is the ratio of yellow marbles to green marbles.

• 20 to 13

• 7 to 13

• 13 to 7

• 33 to 13

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Ms. Shields has 9 boys and 12 girls in her 1st block. What is the ratio of girls to total?

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