Ratio Word Problems

A box hold 20 marbles. There are 13 green marbles and the rest are yellow. What is the ratio of yellow marbles to green marbles.

• 20 to 13

• 7 to 13

• 13 to 7

• 33 to 13

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Ms. Shields has 9 boys and 12 girls in her 1st block. What is the ratio of girls to total?

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

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A bag contains red chips and blue chips. The ratio of red chips to blue chips is 4 to 5. Which of the following statements could be true.

• There are exactly 5 red chips and 4 blue chips

• There are exactly 24 red chips and 30 blue chips

• There are exactly 12 red chips and 15 blue chips

• There are exactly 30 red chips and 24 blue chips

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What are the 3 ways to write a ratio?

• fraction, comma, colon

• fraction, colon, the word to

• colon, comma, equation

• fraction, decimal, percent

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Select all options that are equal to 18 to 24

• 24 to 18

• 3 to 4

• 9 to 12

• 36 to 48

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In 1995, the U.S. Senate consisted of 46 Democrats and 54 Republicans. What is the ratio of Democrats to Republicans in lowest terms.

• 54 to 46

• 27 to 23

• 46 to 54

• 23 to 27

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At Massaponax High School 14 out of 35 students in Art Club are sophomores. Write this ratio in lowest terms.

• 2 to 5

• 5 to 2

• 14 to 35

• 35 to 14

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A bag has yellow and blue candy. The ratio of yellow candy to blue candy is 2:3. Select each option that could represent the number of yellow and blue candy in the bag.

• 20:30

• 6:4

• 4:6

• 6:9

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A bag contains red and yellow apples. The ratio of red to yellow apples is 4:3. If I have 6 yellow apples, how many red apples do I have?

• 10

• 7

• 9

• 8

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