Intro to Ratios and Proportions

In a certain apartment building, the ratio of tenants to cars is 3:5. If there are 30 tenants, how many cars are there?

• 35

• 60

• 18

• 50

In an animal shelter, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5 to 3. There are 25 dogs.  Write and solve a proportion to find the number c of cats.

• c=15

• c=18

• c=21

• c=16

Determine whether each pair of ratios forms a proportion

• Proportion

• Not a Proportion

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2A

About 13 out of 20 homes have a personal computer.  On a street with 60 homes, how many would you expect to have a personal computer?

• 7 homes

• 39 homes

• 73 homes 

• 40 homes

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

Hamburger meat sells for $6 for every 3 pounds. If Alicia buys 10 pounds of hamburger meat, how much will she pay?

• $30

• $20

• $60

• $10

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

A 12-ounce bottle of shampoo lasts Enrique 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18-ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?

• 24 Weeks

• 24-ounce bottle

• 10.6 Weeks

• 10.6-ounce bottle

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

The scale of a map says that 6 cm represents 15 km.

What distance on the map represents an actual distance of 6 kilometers?

• 3.6

• 2.5

• 2.4

• .42

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

Solve for x 

• x = 15

• x = 11

• x = 1/11

• x = 20

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

In the fruit bowl there are 4 apples, 2 bananas, and 5 pears.  What is the ratio of pears to ALL fruit?

• 5:4

• 5:11

• 2:5

• 6:5

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

$279 for 9 concert tickets. Find the cost per ticket.

• $31

• $39

• $2,511

• $34

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6