Grade 6 | Unit 2 | Lesson 4: Color Mixtures | Practice Problems

Here is a diagram showing a mixture of red paint and green paint needed for 1 batch of a particular shade of brown. Add to the diagram so that it shows 3 batches of the same shade of brown paint.

Diego makes green paint by mixing 10 tablespoons of yellow paint and 2 tablespoons of blue paint. Which of these mixtures produce the same shade of green paint as Diego’s mixture? Select all that apply.

• For every 5 tablespoons of blue paint, mix in 1 tablespoon of yellow paint.

• Mix tablespoons of yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio 15 to 3.

• Mix 11 tablespoons of yellow paint and 3 tablespoons of blue paint.

• For every tablespoon of blue paint, mix in 5 tablespoons of yellow paint.

To make 1 batch of sky blue paint, Clare mixes 2 cups of blue paint with 1 gallon of white paint. Explain how Clare can make 2 batches of sky blue paint.

To make 1 batch of sky blue paint, Clare mixes 2 cups of blue paint with 1 gallon of white paint. Explain how to make a mixture that is a darker shade of blue than the sky blue.

To make 1 batch of sky blue paint, Clare mixes 2 cups of blue paint with 1 gallon of white paint. Explain how to make a mixture that is a lighter shade of blue than the sky blue.

A smoothie recipe calls for 3 cups of milk, 2 frozen bananas and 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup. Create a diagram to represent the quantities of each ingredient in the recipe. Write 3 different sentences that use a ratio to describe the recipe.

Write the missing number under each tick mark on the number line.

Find the area of the parallelogram. Show your reasoning.