Mastering Ratios: A 6th Grade Challenge on Proportions

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you want to use 6 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 4 cups of flour

• 2 cups of flour

• 5 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. If there are 20 boys, how many girls are there?

• 25

• 15

• 30

• 20

A map uses a scale of 1 inch to 10 miles. If two cities are 3 inches apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life?

• 30 miles

• 25 miles

• 15 miles

• 20 miles

A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many miles can it travel on 8 gallons of gas, assuming the same fuel efficiency?

• 180 miles

• 240 miles

• 200 miles

• 300 miles

If a recipe requires 3 eggs for every 2 cups of milk, how many eggs are needed for 8 cups of milk?

• 8

• 12

• 10

• 6

A fruit basket contains apples and oranges in the ratio of 3:2. If there are 15 apples, how many oranges are there?

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 12

In a school, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:15. If there are 120 students, how many teachers are there?

• 5

• 10

• 12

• 8

A painter mixes blue and yellow paint in the ratio of 2:3. If he uses 10 liters of yellow paint, how much blue paint does he need?

• 10 liters

• 5 liters

• 6.67 liters

• 8 liters

A car can travel 240 miles on 8 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas are needed to travel 360 miles?

• 8 gallons

• 15 gallons

• 10 gallons

• 12 gallons

If a recipe is scaled up from 4 servings to 10 servings, and it requires 2 cups of rice for 4 servings, how much rice is needed for 10 servings?

• 5 cups

• 6 cups

• 4 cups

• 3 cups