Ratios

A bag of marbles comes with 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of red to yellow?

• 2 to 5
• 5 to 3
• 3 to 5
• 5 to 2

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

Which one is a real life example of a RATIO?

• 12 noodles
• 4 meatballs : 1 cup of sauce
• 1 jar of sauce
• 15 desserts

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?

• 5 to 2
• 3 to 5
• 5 to 10
• 5 to 3

Henry is reading a book. The ratio of the number of pages he read to the pages he has yet to read is 7 : 3. If the book contains 500 pages in all, how many pages did Henry read and how many pages are left for him to read?

• 350 pages read : 150 pages are left

• 250 pages read : 250 pages are left

• 700 pages read : 300 pages are left

• 70 pages read : 30 pages are left

Walmart and Target have a special on kitchen towels. Walmart is selling 5 towels for $15. Target is selling 10 towels for $25. Are the prices equivalent when considering the ratio of towels to dollars?

• yes, equivalent

• no, not equivalent

Javier paid $15 for 5 pairs of socks. At a different store his friend Lizeth paid $25 for 10 pairs of socks. Is the ratio of dollars:socks the same for Javier and Lizeth?

• yes, equivalent

• no, not equivalent

If you can buy one can of pineapple chunks for $2 then how many can you buy with $10?

• 20

• 10

• 5

• 2

One jar of crushed ginger costs $2. How many jars can you buy for $4?

• 2

• 6

• 8

• 10

A recipe requires 2 cups of milk for every 3 cups of flour. If you use 8 cups of milk, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 9
• 12
• 16
• 6