Ratio Problems Quiz

A buffet offers ranch or caesar dressing. The ratio of ranch dressing used to caesar dressing used is 6 : 1. If the buffet uses 24 cases of ranch dressing, how many cases of caesar do they use?

• 4

• 6

• 3

• 5

A parking lot has 72 empty spaces. If the ratio of empty spaces to taken spaces is 8 : 1, how many spaces are there total?

• 81

• 90

• 100

• 72

During a class election 8 people voted for candidate A. If there were 40 votes total, what is the ratio of votes for candidate B compared to candidate A?

• 4 : 1

• 3 : 1

• 5 : 1

• 2 : 1

A vendor sold 6 hotdogs during a football game. If the ratio of hotdogs to hamburgers sold was 2 : 1, how many hamburgers did the vendor sell?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5

While completing a race, Tom spent 40 minutes walking. If his ratio of time walking to jogging was 5 : 1, how many minutes did he spend completing the race?

• 48

• 50

• 60

• 45

Billy had 112 songs on his MP3 player. If he deleted 49 songs, what is the ratio of songs he kept to songs he deleted?

• 63 : 49

• 49 : 63

• 112 : 49

• 63 : 112

During the lunch break a deli sold 25 large sodas. If the ratio of large sodas sold to small sodas sold was 5 : 3, how many small sodas were sold?

• 15

• 20

• 10

• 18

A chess player won 20 of the games he played. If his ratio of wins to loses was 10 : 3, how many games did he play total?

• 26

• 39

• 30

• 40

A produce store offers red and green apples. In one morning they sold 70 apples total. If 21 of the apples they sold were red, what is the ratio of green apples sold to red apples sold?

• 7 : 3

• 3 : 7

• 2 : 5

• 5 : 2

At a farm the ratio of cows to horses was 3 : 1. If there were 15 cows at the farm, how many horses were there?

• 5

• 10

• 3

• 7