Real World Equivalent Ratio Word Problems

For every 10 children 4 wore glasses. There were 30 children. How many did not wear glasses?

• 18 did not wear glasses

• 12 did not wear glasses

• 30 wore glasses

• 10 wore glasses

Ms. Shields has 9 boys and 12 girls in her 1st block. What is the ratio of girls to total?

Joseph went to a farm with 23 animals. 9 were goats, 6 were sheep, and the rest were dogs. What is the ratio of dogs to goats?

A bag contains red chips and blue chips. The ratio of red chips to blue chips is 4 to 5. Which of the following statements could be true.

• There are exactly 5 red chips and 4 blue chips

• There are exactly 24 red chips and 30 blue chips

• There are exactly 12 red chips and 15 blue chips

• There are exactly 30 red chips and 24 blue chips

A bag contains red and yellow apples. The ratio of red to yellow apples is 4:3. If I have 6 yellow apples, how many red apples do I have?

• 10

• 7

• 9

• 8

A box hold 20 marbles. There are 13 green marbles and the rest are yellow. What is the ratio of yellow marbles to green marbles.

• 20 to 13

• 7 to 13

• 13 to 7

• 33 to 13

A bag has yellow and blue candy. The ratio of yellow candy to blue candy is 2:3. Select each option that could represent the number of yellow and blue candy in the bag.

• 20:30

• 6:4

• 4:6

• 6:9

The ratio of tomatoes to red apples is 2:5. If there are 20 tomatoes, how many red apples are there?

• 25 Red apples

• 15 Red apples

• 50 Red apples

• 20 Red apples

Which of the following options is a real life example of a ratio?

• 12 noodles

• 4 meatballs : 1 cup of sauce

• 1 jar of sauce

• 15 desserts

The Ratio of marbles to stones in a pot is 8 to 14, if there are 56 marbles, then how many stones are there?

• 21

• 28

• 30

• 32