Mastering Ratios and Proportions: Grade 6 Challenges

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch using 8 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 4 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

• 5.33 cups of flour

• 6 cups of flour

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. If there are 36 students in total, how many boys are there?

• 20

• 14

• 16

• 18

A store sells pencils in packs of 6. If you buy 4 packs, how many pencils do you have in total?

• 30

• 24

• 12

• 18

A car travels 120 miles on 4 gallons of gas. How many miles can it travel on 10 gallons of gas?

• 300 miles

• 180 miles

• 240 miles

• 150 miles

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

• 10

• 5

• 8

• 12

A gardener plants flowers in rows of 8. If he has 56 flowers, how many complete rows can he plant?

• 9

• 8

• 7

• 6

In a school, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:20. If there are 300 students, how many teachers are there?

• 20

• 15

• 25

• 10

A recipe requires 3 eggs for every 2 cups of milk. If you use 12 cups of milk, how many eggs do you need?

• 18 eggs

• 24 eggs

• 12 eggs

• 6 eggs

A box contains red and blue marbles in the ratio of 5:3. If there are 40 red marbles, how many blue marbles are there?

• 24

• 32

• 30

• 20

If a car can travel 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas, how many gallons are needed to travel 300 miles?

• 20 gallons

• 10 gallons

• 5 gallons

• 15 gallons