Practice 4.2 Ratios

If a recipe calls for a ratio of 2 cups of flour to 3 cups of sugar, how many cups of sugar are needed if 8 cups of flour are used?

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 14

Simplify the ratio of
35 : 14

• 5 : 2

• 2 : 5

• 3 : 1

• 35: 14

A jar contains 55 marbles, of which 48 are blue, 4 are red, and the rest are green. What is the ratio of green to red marbles?

• 3:4

• 48:55

• 4:48

• 3:48

A cookie recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of chocolate chips. What is the ratio of chocolate chips to flour?

• 3 : 2

• 3 to 2

• 6 : 4

• 2 : 3

Mary lost 3 out of 5 games. What is the ratio of games Mary lost to the games she won?

• 3/5

• 2/5

• 3/2

• 5/2

What are the three different ways you can write a ratio?

• Fraction, comma, words

• Fraction, colon, words

• Colon, words, pictures

• Picture, fraction, comma

Andrew has 2 cats and 9 fish. He writes the ratio 2:11. What type of ratio did he write?

• Part-to-part

• Unit rate

• Part-to-whole

• Whole-to-part

Describe the ratio of purple circles to red circles.

• For every 5 red circles, there are 6 purple circles.

• For every 6 purple circles, there are 11 total circles.

• For every 5 red circles, there are 11 total circles.

• For every 6 purple circles, there are 5 red circles.

A ratio is...

• the difference between two numbers.

• a comparison of two numbers by division.

• a comparison of two numbers by multiplication.

• the sum of two numbers.

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

• 9 to 6

• 8 to 9

• 9 to 23

• 6 to 9