Interpreting Ratios

There are 3 apples and 5 bananas. What is the ratio of apples to bananas?

• 3:5

• 3:8

• 5:3

• 3:3

John is mixing 1 part of bleach to 4 parts water. What is the ratio to show the relationship of bleach to water?

• 4/1

• 1 part to 4

• 1:4

• 1/1

9 students prefer hamburgers and 10 students prefer hot dogs. What does the ratio 10:19 represent?

• The number of students who like hot dogs and hamburgers.

• Ten out of 19 students prefer hot dogs.

• Ten out of 19 students prefer hamburgers.

• Ten students like hot dogs and 19 students don't.

Robert has 9 pairs of shoes. He has two pairs of sneakers, one pair of football cleats, three pairs of flip flops, 1 pair of dress shoes and 2 pairs of soccer cleats. What is the ratio of soccer cleats to his total number of shoes?

• 1:9

• 3:9

• 1:2

• 2:9

Terrance has 14 Pokemon cards and 35 Yugioh cards. What is the ratio of Pokemon cards to Yugioh cards?

• 14:35

• 1:3

• 35:14

• 14:1

Express the ratio 2:7 as a fraction in simplest form.

• 3/8

• 2/7

• 2/5

• 5/2

Simplify the ratio 6:9 as a fraction.

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 4/5

• 3/2

Express the ratio 5:8 as a fraction in simplest form.

• 8/5

• 5/3

• 3/5

• 5/8

Express the ratio 3:4 as a fraction in simplest form.

• 2/5

• 3/7

• 4/3

• 3/4

If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 4:7, what fraction of the class are boys?

• 1/2

• 7/11

• 4/11

• 3/11