Math Ratios

A basketball team has 5 forwards, 2 centers and 8 guards. Which is the ratio compares the cumber of guards to forwards

• 2:8

• 5:8

• 8:5

• 8:2

Which relationship describes 2:5

• The ratio of desks to chairs if there are 5 chairs and 2 desk
• The ratio of boys to girls if there are 2 girls and 5 boys
• The ratio of girls to boys if ther are 2 girls and 5 boys
• The ratio of chairs to desk if there are 5 chairs and 2 desk

Choose a ratio that compares the number of loaves of wheat bread to rye bread when you have 7 loaves of rye bread and 12 loaves of wheat

• 12: 7
• 7:12
• 19:2
• 7:19

What is the ratio of red apples to green apples

• 7 apples to 3 green

• 4 red apples to 7 apples

• 4 red apples to 3 green apples

• 3 green apples to 4 red apples

A ratio

• compares 2 or more quantities

• tells you about one quantitiy

• is always a decimal

• is never an even number

In for every 3 dogs, there are 5 hamsters, what is ratio of dogs to hamsters?

• 3:5

• 5:3

• 3.5

• 5.3

What is the ratio of triangles to squares?

• 9:3

• 3:9

• 3:6

• 9:18

The ratio of pickles to cupcakes is 8:11. For every _____pickles, there are _____cupcakes.

• 8 ; 11

• 11; 8

• 8 ;19

• 11; 19

The ratio of old homes to new homes in a neighborhood is 5:4. For every ____old homes, there are ____new homes.

• 5 ; 4

• 4 ; 5

• 5 ; 9

• 9 ; 4

Can you name another equivalent ratio to 2 : 4 and 4 : 8?

• 5:7

• 6:12

• 3:8

• 1:4