Ratio Unit Review

All of the letters in the alphabet are randomly placed in a bag. Each letter appears just once. What is the ratio of vowels to consonants?

• 5:21

• 21:5

• 7:26

• 5:26

Abe’s Apple Orchard plants both green apple trees and red apple trees. This year’s planting will include 21 red apple trees and 18 green apple trees. What is the ratio of green apple trees to red apple trees?

• 18

• 5:8

• 18:21

• 21:18

True or False: 12:16 and 72:96 are equivalent ratios.

• True
• False

A florist uses 160 roses to make 5 identical flower arrangements. How many roses would the florist use to create 8 identical arrangements? Set up equal ratios to solve.

• 160 roses

• 256 roses

• 110 roses

• 57 roses

A concession stand serves hot dogs and hamburgers at a ratio of hot dogs to hamburgers is 3 to 2. Based on this ratio, how many hamburgers will be served if there are a total of 60 hot dogs served?

• 10 hamburgers

• 75 hamburgers

• 30 hamburgers

• 40 hamburgers

A large community college has professors and lecturers. The total number of faculty members is 228. The school reported that they have 5 professors for every 14 lecturers, for a total of 19 faculty members.

How many of each type of faculty member does the community college employ?

(Hint: You will have to set up 2 problems to get your answer.)

• 168 lecturers

  60 professors

• 120 lecturers

  60 professors

• 168 lecturers

  30 professors

• 180 lecturers

  90 professors

In the high school band there are 2 percussionists on the sideline to every 15 total members. If the high school band has 150 total members, then how many percussionists are on the sideline?

• 10 percussionists

• 50 percussionists

• 30 percussionists

• 20 percussionists

A dog walking service offers a daily service and a weekly service. In the winter, the ratio of daily customers to weekly customers was 1:5. If there were 125 weekly customers in the winter, then how many daily customers are there?

• 30 daily customers

• 75 daily customers

• 25 weekly customers

• 25 daily customers

A pancake recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 1.5 cups of milk. Which table represents this relationship?

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There are 3 feet in every yard. Which table represents this relationship?

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