Ratio Practice

The ratio of blue marbles to red marbles is 3:7.  If a bag contains 18 blue marbles, how many red marbles would there be?

Steve flipped a coin 20 times.  The coin landed on tails 8 times.  What is the ratio of the number of times the coin landed on heads to the number of flips?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Giles is searching for a sock and discovers that he has 6 socks for every 3 pairs of shoes. If he has 24 socks, how many pairs of shoes does he have? 

There are 6 dogs for every 8 cats at a pet store.  What is the ratio of the number of dogs to the total number of cats and dogs?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

The ratio of girls to boys in a class is 4 to 1.  There are 24 girls in the class.  How many students are in the class?

Tim has a collection of model cars and boats.  He has 3 cars for every 2 boats.  He has a total of 12 boats.  How many cars are in Tim's collection?

At a middle school, 3 out of every 4 students ride a bus to school.  There are 600 students at the school.  How many students ride a bus to school?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

It takes 9 people to pull a 15 ton truck. How many people would it take to pull a 25 ton truck?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Paul can walk 200 steps in 3 minutes. How long does it take Paul to walk 1,000 steps at the same speed? 

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

The tennis team won 10 matches and lost 4.  What is the ratio of wins to the total number of matches played? (simplest terms)

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2