Rates Ratios and Proportional Reasoning

Desmond's Ice Cream Shop sold 5 sundaes with nuts and 11 sundaes without nuts. What is the ratio of the number of sundaes without nuts to the number of sundaes with nuts?

• 11:5

• 5:11

• I don't know

An eight pack of juice boxes costs $4.79, and a 12 pack of juice boxes cost $6.59. Use this information to calculate the better buy.

• 8 pack

• 12 pack

Which option is the better deal?
Doritos
$4.39 for 11.5 oz
or
Cheetos
9.75 oz for $3.24

• Doritos

• Cheetos

You spend $40 on 5 pounds of concrete. What is the unit rate in dollars per pound?

• $8 per pound

• $5 per pound

• $35 per pound

• 0.125 pounds per dollar

150 grams of fertilizer is required for a land area of 6 square acres.  At this rate, how many grams of fertilizer is needed for 13 square acres?

• 25 grams

• 300 grams

• 325 grams

• 310 grams

It takes 4 quarts of paint to cover 560 square feet.  How many quarts of the same paint are needed to cover 140 square feet?

• 4  1/2 quarts

• 2 quarts

•  1 quart

A car travels 160 miles in 4 hours.  At this rate, how far will the car travel in 7 hours?

• 280 miles

• 40 miles

• 280 miles per hour

• 240 miles

To make food coloring, every 2 drops of red are mixed with 3 drops of yellow?  How many drops of red would be used if 36 drops of yellow were used?

• 53 drops

• 24 drops

• 48 drops

One snowy day, the snow was falling at a rate of 3 inches per hour.  If it kept snowing at the same rate, now many inches would accumulate in 2½ hours

• 7 ½  inches

• 6 ½ inches

• 5 ½ inches

Scale: 1in.=7ft. The actual width of the backyard is 49 ft, how wide is it in the drawing?

• 14 in 

• 7 in

• 42 in

• 56 in