Exploring Ratios: Multi-Step Challenges for Grade 6

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?

• 3 cups of flour

• 5.33 cups of flour

• 4 cups of flour

• 6 cups of flour

A school has a ratio of 5 teachers for every 20 students. If there are 100 students, how many teachers are needed?

• 15 teachers

• 25 teachers

• 30 teachers

• 20 teachers

Liam has 12 apples and wants to share them with his friends in a ratio of 3:1. How many apples will each friend receive if he has 3 friends?

• 2 apples

• 3 apples

• 4 apples

• 5 apples

A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas would it need to travel 600 miles?

• 20 gallons

• 30 gallons

• 25 gallons

• 15 gallons

In a fruit basket, the ratio of oranges to apples is 4:3. If there are 28 oranges, how many apples are there?

• 14

• 24

• 18

• 21

A gardener plants flowers in a ratio of 2 roses for every 5 tulips. If he plants 30 tulips, how many roses does he plant?

• 20

• 12

• 10

• 15

A recipe requires 3 parts of oil for every 2 parts of vinegar. If you use 12 parts of oil, how much vinegar do you need?

• 4 parts of vinegar

• 8 parts of vinegar

• 10 parts of vinegar

• 6 parts of vinegar

A class has 24 students, and the ratio of boys to girls is 3:1. How many girls are in the class?

• 12

• 8

• 10

• 6

A store sells pencils in packs of 6 and erasers in packs of 4. If you buy 3 packs of pencils and 2 packs of erasers, how many total items do you have?

• 20

• 24

• 30

• 26

A recipe for cookies requires 4 cups of flour for every 2 cups of sugar. If you want to use 10 cups of flour, how much sugar do you need?

• 8 cups of sugar

• 3 cups of sugar

• 2 cups of sugar

• 5 cups of sugar