Sharing in Ratios

Which of the following ratios are equivalent to 15 : 9? Choose ALL that apply.

• 30 : 18

• 9 : 15

• 16 : 10

• 5 : 3

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What are three ways to write a ratio for the amount of dogs compared to the number of cats.

• 11 to 7

• 7:11

• 11/7

• 11:7

• 12 to 7

On a bus tour, the ratio of men to women is 2:5.

Select all the correct statements:

• There must be exactly 2 men and 5 women on the bus.

• For every man there are 2.5 women.

• There could be 10 men and 25 women on the bus.

• There are more men than women on this bus.

What is the ratio of triangles to squares?

• 2:6
• 5:6
• 3:4
• 4:3

Crystal and Alexa convince the older members of their family to break up the chewy fruit worms using age ratios. They want to know which family members have the same age ratio as Crystal and Alexa. 
B) What do all the family age ratios you found in the previous question have in common

• All the ratios involve pairs of people where the first person is six years older than the second person.
• All the ratios involve pairs of people where the first person is twice as old as the second person.

The ratio of clubs to hearts in a hand of playing cards is 6 : 1

What fraction of the cards are clubs?

• ¹/₆

• ⁶/₁

• ¹/₇

• ⁶/₇

The ratio of tents to bushwalkers at a camp site is 1:3.


There are 5 tents, so how many bushwalkers are there?

• 3

• 5

• 15

• 45

Johan and Renee share $90 in the ratio 7:3.

How much money will Renee have?

• $9

• $27

• $63

• $210

For each chewy fruit worm below choose the possible ages of the two people sharing

• 6 and 12
• 8 and 16
• 9 and 15
• 3 and 10

A sum of money is divided between three people in the ratio 1: 2:0.5.

The smallest share is $48.

What is the total sum of money?

• $24

• $96

• $168

• $336