Ratios and Equivalent Ratios Word Problem

At the sixth grade school dance, there are 102 boys, 98 girls, and 22 adults. What is the ratio of girls to the number of adults?

• 98: 200

• 98:22

• 22:98

• 200:98

What is the ratio of the number of blue shirts to pink shirts?

• 5:4

• 4:9

• 4:5

• 9:5

What is the ratio of the greatest number of t-shirts to the least number of t-shirts?

• 7:1

• 7:2

• 1:7

• 2:7

What is the ratio of colored t-shirts to white t-shirts?

• 7:19

• 19:26

• 7:26

• 19:7

In a bag of Jolly Ranchers, the ratio of blue to red is 3 to 4.  If I have a TOTAL of 56 Jolly Ranchers, how many of them are blue?  Solve with a tape diagram.

• 12

• 28

• 32

• 24

Which tape diagram is correctly set up according to the following problem:

During the holiday sale, Save at Gabe's sold sweaters and pogo sticks in the ratio of 2:3. The store sold a total of 20 items. How many pogo sticks were sold?

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Pick the tape diagram below that best shows the situation in this problem.

For every 7 cakes that Morgan sold, Derek sold 2. Derek sold 55 fewer cakes than Morgan. How many cakes did Derek sell?

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Are these ratios equivalent? 4:9 and 12:27

• No, their values are different.

• Yes, their values are the same.

What is the value of these two ratios? 10:22 and 30:66

• 5:12

• 1:2

• 5:11

• 5:2

If 30 kids in the class like grape juice, how many kids like pineapple juice?  Use the tape diagrams to answer.

• 4

• 30

• 70

• 40