Ratios

Which of the following best describes what a ratio is?

• It's a comparison.

• It's a total.

• It's something multiplied by something else.

• It's a decimal.

Which sentence accurately represents the following ratio:

• The ratio of moons to suns is 4 to 8

• There are 4 moons for every 8 suns

• There are 4 moons for every 2 suns

• The ratio of suns to moons is 2:1

A cookie recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of chocolate chips. What is the ratio of chocolate chips to flour?

• 3 : 2

• 3 to 2

• 6 : 4

• 2 : 3

Typically on a baseball team, there are 14 position players and 12 pitchers. What is the ratio of pitchers to position players.

Select all ratios that could be written for the situation (some may be simplified).

• 12:14

• 14 to 12

• 12/14

• 6 to 7

• 7:6

Which ratio is equivalent to 5 to 4

• 4 to 5

• 10 to 12

• 25 to 20

• 15 to 8

Select ALL the ratios that are equivalent to 16 : 6

• 3 to 8

• 32 : 12

• 4 to 2

• 8 to 3

If 30 kids in the class like grape juice, how many kids like pineapple juice?  Use the tape diagrams to answer.

• 4
• 30
• 70
• 40

The ratio of girls to boys at basketball practice is 2:3. If there are 12 girls at practice then how many boys are there?

• 15

• 18

• 20

• 21

A cookie recipe calls for 2 eggs and 3 cups of flour. How many cups of flour is needed with 8 eggs?

• 9 cups of flour

• 5 cups of flour

• 12 cups of flour

• 6 cups of flour

For a single batch of cookies, a recipe calls for 2 eggs and 3 cups of flour. How much flour and how many eggs are needed to make 3 batches?

• 6 eggs and 9 cups of flour

• 6 cups of flour and 9 eggs

• 8 eggs and 12 cups of flour

• 12 eggs and 8 cups of flour