Thursday - Solving Ratios Word Problems

A group of students went on a field trip. The ratio of boys to girls was 2:3. If there were a total of 30 students, how many were girls?

A group of students went on a field trip. The ratio of boys to girls was 2:3. If there were a total of 30 students, how many were boys?

There are 650 animals at a zoo. The ratio of reptiles to birds is 3:2. How many reptiles does this zoo have?

There are 650 animals at a zoo. The ratio of reptiles to birds is 3:2. How many birds does this zoo have?

The ratio of girls to boys in an eating contest is 5:6. There are a total of 77 contestants. How many girls are competing to eat the most hot dogs?

Mrs. DeWater's babies are on a high calorie diet. To make their formula she has to mix a ratio of 3 scoops of powder to 5 ounces of water. If she wants to make a total of 32 ounces of formula, then how many scoops of powder will it take?

Coach Hilliard loves to drink coffee so much she drank 45 cups of coffee last week. If the ratio of pumpkin spice coffee to vanilla coffee is 3:2, then how many pumpkin spice cups of coffee did she drink?

Mrs. Hanson took her kids trick or treating. The ratio of chocolate candy to sweet candy is 3:2. If the total pieces of candy they collected was 320, then how many of those pieces of candy were chocolate?

Mrs. Cloud read 56 books over the summer. The ratio of fiction to non-fiction is 2:5. How many non-fiction books did Mrs. Cloud read over the summer?

Mrs. Patino drank 60 energy drinks last month. If the ratio of monster to red bull is 4:2, then how many monsters did she drink last month?