Ratio and Proportion Quiz

A gameboard has 12 blue squares, 8 red squares, and 20 white squares. What is the ratio of blue squares to red squares?

• 3:2

• 2:3

• 1:1

• 4:3

A gameboard has 12 blue squares, 8 red squares, and 20 white squares. What part-to-whole ratio compares the number of blue squares to the total number of squares?

• 3:10

• 1:5

• 2:7

• 5:12

A chocolate chip cookie recipe makes 3 dozen cookies using 18 ounces of chocolate chips. How many ounces of chocolate chips are needed to make 1 dozen cookies?

• 6 ounces

• 9 ounces

• 12 ounces

• 3 ounces

A chocolate chip cookie recipe makes 3 dozen cookies using 18 ounces of chocolate chips. How many ounces of chocolate chips are needed to make 5 dozen cookies?

• 30 ounces

• 25 ounces

• 20 ounces

• 35 ounces

Monika collects baseball cards. She has 750 cards from the Chicago Cubs and 255 from the Chicago White Sox. What is the simplest part-to-part ratio that compares her Cubs cards to her White Sox cards?

• 10:3

• 5:2

• 3:1

• 15:4

In one school, each class has 23 students and 1 teacher. How many total people are there in 10 classes?

• 240

• 230

• 250

• 260

For every 2 sculptures that an auctioneer sells, he sells 5 paintings. What is the ratio of sculptures to paintings sold?

• 2:5

• 5:2

• 1:2

• 2:1

A recipe requires 4 cups of flour for every 2 cups of sugar. What is the ratio of flour to sugar?

• 2:1

• 1:2

• 4:2

• 1:1

In a library, there are 120 fiction books and 80 non-fiction books. What is the simplest part-to-part ratio of fiction to non-fiction books?

• 3:2

• 2:3

• 4:3

• 3:4

A car travels 300 miles using 10 gallons of fuel. How many miles can it travel using 5 gallons of fuel?

• 150 miles

• 100 miles

• 200 miles

• 250 miles