Practice Ratio and Proportion

Another kind of ratio relationship you can find is to look inside a ratio itself. 2:6 is the top ratio in this table. To get from 2 to 6, you would multiply by 3. Look at each row and notice that this times 3 relationship continues. What is the value of x?

• 30

• 3

• 15

• 20

The Northwestern huskies had a record of 25 wins and 45 losses.  What was the ratio of wins to losses?

• 9:5

• 5:9

• 5:3

• 3:5

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

What is the ratio of cows to chunks of cheese?

• 2:4

• 4:2

• 2:5

• 5:2

Favorite sports of 6th grade students:

Volleyball (10)

Basketball (15)

Soccer (14)

Football (7)

What is the ratio of volleyball to not volleyball?

• 10:46

• 10:29

• 10:21

• 10:36

Solve the proportion: \frac{2}{7}=\frac{c}{28}

• c = 4

• c = 8

• c = 14

• c = 10

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Solving Proportions

What is the correct numerator to show equivalency? 

• 3

• 1

• 6

• 0

Ian ran 6 laps on a track. This represented 75% of the total distance he had to run. How many total laps did Vince have to run?

• 4.5 laps

• 8 laps

• 1,250 laps

• 24 laps

• 6 laps

In Ms. Dolinski's class, the ratio of students who like run to those who like to swim is 1 to 2. If there are a total of 30 students in Ms. Dolinski's class, what is the percentage of students like to run?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 33.3%

• 66.7%

At NGMS, the ratio of face to face learners to digital learners is 2 to 3. If there are 1,250 students in the 6th grade, what percent of the students in 6th grade are digital learners?

• 500%

• 40%

• 750%

• 60%