10-16 Equivalent Ratios

Ms. Yoto is putting together bags of fruit that contain 1 pear for every 2 apples. For each ratio given, create a picture model. Then, calculate the answer from your model and explain your reasoning.

How many apples are in the bag if there are a total of 9 pieces of fruit?

Ms. Yoto is putting together bags of fruit that contain 1 pear for every 2 apples. For each ratio given, create a picture model. Then, calculate the answer from your model and explain your reasoning.

How many apples are in the bag if there are a total of 15 pieces of fruit?

. Ms. Yoto is putting together bags of fruit that contain 1 pear for every 2 apples. For each ratio given, create a picture model. Then, calculate the answer from your model and explain your reasoning.

How many pieces of fruit are there if there are 8 apples in the bag?

When creating playlists for dances, DJ Lew likes to maintain a ratio of 4 hip-hop songs : 3 country songs : 1 slow song.

Suppose DJ Lew has 40 songs on his playlist, how many songs would be country?

Draw a strip diagram to help.

• 5 country songs

• 15 country songs

• 8 country songs

• 24 country songs

When creating playlists for dances, DJ Lew likes to maintain a ratio of 4 hip-hop songs : 3 country songs : 1 slow song.

Suppose DJ Lew has 40 songs on his playlist, how many songs would be slow songs?

Draw a strip diagram to help.

• 5 slow songs

• 8 slow songs

• 10 slow songs

• 12 slow songs

When creating playlists for dances, DJ Lew likes to maintain a ratio of 4 hip-hop songs : 3 country songs : 1 slow song.

Suppose DJ Lew has 40 songs on his playlist, how many songs would be hip-hop?

Draw a strip diagram to help.

• 5 hip-hop songs

• 16 hip-hip songs

• 15 hip-hops songs

• 20 hip-hop songs

The following ratio exists in the coach's closet. If the coach has 66 total balls, how many of the balls are are baseballs?

• 30 baseballs

• 24 baseballs

• 12 baseballs

• 8 baseballs

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

Write the ratio of TUBAS to FLUTES in three ways!

​ (a)   to ​ (b)  

• 2
• 5
• 3

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Q. 

Patrick has 2 black, 3 red, and 5   white toy cars. What is the ratio of red toy cars to all the toy cars? 

• 3:5

• 3:11

• 1:3

• 3:10

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