Part-Whole Ratio Questions

At a preschool, there is a ratio of 3 boys to every 4 girls. If there are 56 preschoolers enrolled, how many are boys?

• 24

• 32

• 8

• 7

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A steakhouse has a server to cook ratio of 5 : 3. The total number of servers and cooks is 40. How many servers does the steakhouse employ?

• 25 servers

• 15 servers

• 8 servers

• 5 servers

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

The local library has a Children's Section with 2 picture books for every 3 chapter books. If there are 500 books in the Children's Section, how many books are chapter books?

• 200 chapter books

• 300 chapter books

• 5 chapter books

• 100 chapter books

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A local movie theater has 24 screens. In the summer the ratio of action films to other films is 2 to 1. How many screens are showing action films?

• 8 action films

• 3 action films

• 16 action films

• 24 action films

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

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Jenna and Becky are selling cookies for the Girl Scouts. Jenna sold 7 boxes of cookies for every 3 boxes Becky sold. Combined, they sold a total of 240 boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies did each girl sell?

• Jenna sold 40 and Becky sold 200

• Jenna sold 200 and Becky sold 40

• Jenna sold 72 and Becky sold 168

• Jenna sold 168 and Becky sold 72

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

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In the cafeteria pineapple and grape juice are chosen in a ratio of 4 to 3. On Monday there were 84 juices chosen at lunch. How many of the juices were grape?

• 36

• 48

• 12

• 50

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

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The ratio of girls to boys at basketball practice is 2:3. If there are 45 players at practice then how many girls are there?

• 27

• 18

• 9

• 30

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In the Walmart parking lot the ratio of trucks to cars is 2 to 4. If there are 36 vehicles in a row of the parking lot, how many of them are cars?

• 6

• 30

• 12

• 24

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In the fruit bowl there are a ratio of 3 apples to 2 bananas to 4 pears.  If there are a total of 27 pieces of fruit how many of them are bananas?

• 9

• 6

• 12

• 3

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

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A bag of marbles comes with a ratio of 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. The largest bag of marbles sold has 150 marbles. How many of them are yellow?

• 45

• 30

• 75

• 15

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