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Ratios

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Ratio?
a)
It's a comparison of two things
b)
Multiplying two fractions 
c)
A number over another number
d)
Two decimals that can be multiplied
2.
4.  If the ratio of pink flowers to blue flowers is 3 to 6 and there are a total of 72 flowers, how many of them are PINK?
a)
21
b)
22
c)
23
d)
24
3.
Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form.
15 girls to 6 boys   
a)
5 to 2
b)
5/3
c)
3 to 5
d)
5/2
4.
There are 4 birds and 6 snakes. What is the ratio of birds to snakes?
a)
6/4
b)
4/6
c)
1/3
d)
10/16
5.
Express the ratio as a fraction in simplest form:
18 ounces to 3 cups
a)
6 to 1
b)
1/6
c)
18/3
d)
3/18
6.
How many different ways can you write a ratio? 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
What is the ratio of flames to arms on the candle?
a)
3:2
b)
3:5
c)
11/10
8.
There are 13 boys and 10 girls in the classroom.  What is the ratio of boys to girls?
a)
10 to 13
b)
23 to 13
c)
13 to 10
d)
23 to 10
9.
If there are 5 boys and 7 girls, write the ratio of girls to boys.
a)
5 to 7
b)
7 to 5
c)
5 to 12
d)
7 to 12
10.
What is the ratio of red circles to blue stars?
a)
3:4
b)
7/4
c)
11/4
d)
4 to 7
11.
Kelly has 10 apps on her iPad. 5 are school apps, 2 are music apps, and 3 are games. What is the ratio of school apps to game apps?
a)
5 to 2
b)
3 to 5
c)
5 to 10
d)
5 to 3
12.
What is the ratio of triangles to squares?
a)
2:6
b)
5:6
c)
3:4
d)
4:3
13.
What type of ratio does the scenario represent?
What is the ratio of pumpkins to broccoli?
a)
Part to Part 5:2
b)
Part to Part 2:5
c)
Part to Whole  2:7
d)
Part to Whole 5:7
14.
What is the ratio of green marbles to red marbles?
a)
3/2
b)
3/1
c)
3/3
d)
2/3
15.
In the fruit bowl there are 4 apples, 2 bananas, and 5 pears.  What is the ratio of pears to ALL fruit?
a)
5:4
b)
5:11
c)
2:5
d)
6:5
16.
What word can be used when writing a ratio?
a)
a
b)
be
c)
to
d)
and
17.
Which represents the relationship of oranges to fruit?
a)
2 to 6
b)
2 to 4
c)
4 to 6
d)
4 to 2
18.
Patrick has 2 black, 3 red, and 5   white toy cars. What is the ratio of red toy cars to all the toy cars? 
a)
3:5
b)
1:3
c)
3:11
d)
3:10
19.
Ella has 5 balloons. Taylor has 7 balloons. Write the ratio of Ella's balloons to Taylor's balloons.
a)
7:5
b)
5:7
c)
3:5
d)
5:3
20.
What is the ratio of red apples to green apples
a)
7 apples to 3 green
b)
4 red apples to 7 apples
c)
4 red apples to 3 green apples
d)
3 green apples to 4 red apples
21.
What are the three ways to write a ratio
a)
2;3 , 2 to 3 , 2\3
b)
2:3 , 2 to 3 , 2/3
c)
2:3 , 2 too 3 , 2/3
22.
If I have the following ratio, do I need to scale up or down?
1                 2
---  =         ----
3               ?
a)
up (multiply)
b)
down (divide)
23.
What is the ratio to the picture shown, triangles to squares?
a)
2:6
b)
5:6
c)
3:4
d)
4:3
24.
Is the following ratio part to part or part to whole?
5 out of 23 kids in a class play trumpet
a)
Part to part
b)
Part to whole
25.
If there are 5 soccer players, 10 baseball players, and 15 basketball players, what is the ratio of baseball players to soccer players?
a)
1 to 2
b)
1 to 3
c)
2 to 1
d)
3 to 1
26.
If the rangers won 100 games and lost 60, what is the simplified ratio of wins to losses?
a)
10 to 6
b)
5 to 3
c)
6 to 10
d)
3 to 5
27.
**PROPORTION***
If mike has a ratio of 2 apples to 3 bananas, how many apples would you expect him to have if he has 15 bananas?
a)
7
b)
9
c)
10
d)
2
28.
***PROPORTION***
Jose swims 3 laps in a pool every 2 minutes. How long would it take him to swim 27 laps?
a)
8 minutes
b)
9 minutes
c)
16 minutes
d)
18 minutes
29.
A bag of marbles comes with 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of red to yellow?
a)
2 to 5
b)
5 to 3
c)
3 to 5
d)
5 to 2
30.
Jenny has 3 guitars. Steve has 4 guitars. If the ratio of guitars is 4:3, who is first in the ratio?
a)
Jenny
b)
Steve
c)
It doesn't matter
d)
Les Paul
31.
Name the percent equivalent to 3/4?
a)
45 %
b)
35 %
c)
75 %
d)
10 %
32.
A class has 30 students. 18 are boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
a)
12:18
b)
3:2
c)
30:18
d)
18:7
33.
21. Optimus Prime is using a double number line to determine the amount of raisins he will use for a raisin bread recipe.
  If he uses
  9 cups of raisins, how many loaves will he make?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
34.
If we have the following recipes for juice, which one will taste the most cherry:
Sam:  1 part cherry, 4 parts sprite 
Katie: 2 parts cherry, 4 parts sprite
Michael: 6 parts cherry, 8 parts sprite 
a)
michael
b)
katie
c)
Sam