F.A.S.T. Practice Test

Ms. Omar runs the school tennis club and has a bin of tennis balls and rackets. For every 5 tennis balls, there are 3 tennis rackets. What is the ratio of tennis balls to tennis rackets?

• A) 5:3

• B) 3:5

• C) 2:3

• D) 3:2

Christian has a collection of 18 shark teeth, including 6 tiger shark teeth, 8 sand shark teeth, and the rest as bull shark teeth. How many bull shark teeth does Christian have?

• A) 4

• B) 6

• C) 3

• D) 5

What does the ratio 6:8 represent in Christian's collection of shark teeth?

• A) The ratio of tiger shark teeth to sand shark teeth

• B) The ratio of sand shark teeth to bull shark teeth

• C) The ratio of tiger shark teeth to bull shark teeth

• D) The ratio of bull shark teeth to tiger shark teeth

How are part-to-part ratios different from part-to-whole ratios?

• A) Part-to-part ratios compare different parts of a whole to each other

• B) Part-to-part ratios compare each part to the whole

• C) Part-to-part ratios only compare similar items

• D) Part-to-part ratios are always equal

Josie is training for a race. If the ratio of the number of minutes she runs to the number of miles she runs is 24 to 3, and she plans to run 10 miles, how many minutes will it take her?

• 80 minutes

• 120 minutes

• 60 minutes

• 90 minutes

A chef is planning for a large banquet and thinks that 2 out of every 5 dinner guests will order his soup appetizer. If he expects 800 guests at the banquet, how many cups of soup should he prepare using equivalent ratios?

• 320 cups

• 400 cups

• 160 cups

• 200 cups

Fred is making a fruit salad with a ratio of cups of peaches to cups of cherries as 2 to 3. If he needs to make 60 cups of fruit salad, how many cups of peaches will he use?

• 24 cups

• 20 cups

• 36 cups

• 30 cups

A community garden center hosts a plant giveaway every spring to help community members start their gardens. If they gave away 150 plants last year to support 50 families, how many plants will they give away this year to support 65 families?

• 195 plants

• 180 plants

• 210 plants

• 165 plants

In an animal shelter, the first week of January there are 49 dogs and 28 cats. If the ratio of dogs to cats remains the same, and there are 20 cats in the last week of January, how many dogs are there?

• 35 dogs

• 40 dogs

• 30 dogs

• 25 dogs

A wedding planner uses 72 ivy stems for 18 centerpieces. If she needs 16 centerpieces at another venue and wants to maintain the same ratio of ivy stems to centerpieces, how many ivy stems should she use?

• 64 stems

• 72 stems

• 80 stems

• 60 stems