Introducing Ratios

The ratio of purple sweets to red sweets is 2 : 5

What fraction of the sweets are red?

• ⁵/₂

• ²/₅

• ²/₇

• ⁵/₇

The ratio of clubs to hearts in a hand of playing cards is 6 : 1

What fraction of the cards are clubs?

• ¹/₆

• ⁶/₁

• ¹/₇

• ⁶/₇

What fraction of the cards are hearts?

• ¹/₆

• ⁶/₁

• ¹/₇

• ⁶/₇

In a fruit bowl ³/₅ of the fruit are apples. The rest are oranges.

What is the ratio of apples to oranges?

• 3 : 5

• 5 : 3

• 3 : 2

• 3 : 8

In a box of sweets ⁷/₁₀ of the sweets are red. The rest are purple. What is the ratio of red sweets to purple sweets?

• 3 : 7

• 7 : 3

• 3 : 10

• 7 : 10

In a box of sweets ¹/₄ of the sweets are green. The rest are orange.

What is the ratio of orange sweets to green sweets?

• 3 : 1

• 1 : 3

• 1 : 4

• 4 : 1

In a bunch of flowers ¹/₃ of the flowers are tulips. The rest are roses.

What is the ratio of roses to tulips?

• 3 : 1

• 1 : 3

• 1 : 2

• 2 : 1

In a bunch of flowers ³/₈ of the flowers are daffodils. The rest are carnations.

What is the ratio of daffodils to carnations?

• 3 : 8

• 5 : 3

• 3 : 5

• 5 : 8

In a box of sweets ¹/₂ of the sweets are gold. The rest are purple.

What is the ratio of gold sweets to purple sweets?

• 1 : 1

• 1 : 2

• 2 : 1

• 1 : 3

What are three ways to write a ratio for the amount of dogs compared to the number of cats.

• 7:11

• 11:7

• 11 to 7

• 11/7

• 12 to 7