Comparing Ratios

You travel 150 miles on 5 gallons. How far did you travel per gallon?

• 15 miles

• 30 miles

• 3 miles

• 25 miles

Solve the proportion.

• k=5

• k=3.3333333

• k=60

• k=90

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

What is the unit rate if there are 92 miles driven using 4 gallons of gas?

• 21 miles per gallon

• 22 miles per gallon

• 23 miles per gallon

• 96 miles per gallon

If there are 5 boys and 7 girls, write the ratio of girls to boys.

• 5 to 7

• 7 to 5

• 5 to 12

• 7 to 12

Daisy sour cream is $1.68 for 8 oz.

Kraft sour cream $2.08 for 16 oz.

Find the unit price of each and choose the better deal.

• Daisy

• Kraft

Are the two ratios equivalent?  
3 : 10 and 9 : 20 

• Yes

• No

• I have no idea 

A cat had a litter of kittens with 12 kittens.  Eights of the kittens were grey.  The rest were orange.  What is the ratio of orange kittens to grey kittens?  

• 12 to 8

• 8 to 12

• 4 to 8

• 2 to 1

Let's pretend there are 147 boys and 210 girls in the 6th grade at AMS.  If so, what is the ratio of girls to boys in the 6th grade at AMS.

• 147 to 210

• 210 to 147

• 21 to 30

• 63 to 147

Stewart started a bug collection using only spiders and fireflies.  The ratios of total bugs to fireflies was 7 to 3.  Choose which statement is TRUE about Stewart's bug collection.  

• The ratio of spiders to fireflies is 3:7.

• The ratio of spiders to fireflies is 7:3.

• There are more spiders in Stewart' collection than fireflies.

• Stewart's bug collection had 25 total bugs.