Solving Ration Word Problem

A recipe that will make 3 pies calls for 7 cups of flour. Find how many pies can be made with 28 cups of flour.

• 12

• 4

• 21

• 16

If Theresa has 5 quarters and Jason has 7 quarters, what is the ratio of the number of Jason's quarters to the number of Theresa's quarters?

• 7 to 5

• 5 to 7

• 7 to 12

• 12 to 7

There are 3 puppies, 6 kittens, and 11 bunnies.  What is the ratio of bunnies to puppies?

• 11:3

• 11:6

• 3:6

• 11:9

If there are 24,000 maned wolves, how many dholes are there?  Use the tape diagrams to solve.

• 240

• 2400

• 2640

• 24,240

The ratio of brownies to cookies is 3:5.  If there are 75 cookies, how many brownies are there?

• 15

• 32

• 45

• 60

A builder could get 6 sheets of sheetrock for $10. If he bought 15 sheets, how much money would he have spent? Use a double number line to solve.

• 20

• 21

• 25

• 30

At a school fundraiser for every 3 boxes of chocolate sold you earn 15 points. If you were to sell 7 boxes, how many points would you have earned?

• 35

• 33

• 31

• 30

A box of candy had 2 cherry pieces for every 4 lemon pieces. If the box had 36 cherry pieces, how many lemon pieces would there be? Solve by using a tape diagram

• 18

• 9

• 54

• 72

A recipe call for 4 teaspoons of seasoning for every 5 teaspoons of cream. If there are 50 more teaspoons of cream than seasoning, how many teaspoons of seasoning will you need? Solve by using a tape diagram.

• 250

• 200

• 40

• 10

A math club has 25 members, of which 11 are males and the rest are females. What is the ratio of males to all club members?

• 11 : 25

• 25:12

• 14:25

• 14:25