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Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ratio 5:15 simplifies to...
a)
1:3
b)
3:1
c)
1:5
d)
3:5
2.
10 students want hotdogs for lunch and 26 want hamburgers.  What is the ratio of the number of students who want hot dogs to the number of students who want hamburgers?
a)
26:10
b)
10:26
c)
10:36
d)
25:36
3.
There are 13 male teachers and 5 female teachers at Margo's School.  What is the ratio of female teachers to male teachers?
a)
5:13
b)
13:5
c)
18:10
d)
26:5
4.
There were 5 ice cream cones for every 3 brownies sold at the ice cream shop. If there were 24 brownies sold, how many ice cream cones were sold?
a)
8
b)
15
c)
40
d)
29
5.
A scale drawing of a billboard uses the scale 4 cm:9 ft. The length of the billboard in the drawing is 11 cm. How long is the actual billboard?
a)
13 ft
b)
20.75 ft
c)
24.75 ft
d)
22 ft
6.
a)
3
b)
5.3
c)
1.08
d)
27
7.
Solve the proportion.
a)
k=5
b)
k=3.3333333
c)
k=60
d)
k=90
8.
Angie purchased 25 fruits in all. 10 were apples and the rest were peaches. What is the ratio of peaches to apples? (In simplest form)
a)
3/2
b)
25/10
c)
10/15
d)
15/10
9.
A baseball team has 16 girls and 8 boys. What is the ratio of total players to boys? (in simplest form)
a)
24/8
b)
24/16
c)
3/1
d)
16/8
10.
Which of these ratios is equivalent to 3:4?
a)
12:9
b)
9:20
c)
9:12
d)
803:804
11.
Solve the proportion:
a)
4
b)
8
c)
14
d)
10
12.
The ratio of pass to fail in PE class is 5:1.  If there are 90 students in PE, how many are passing?
a)
75 students are passing
b)
75 are failing
c)
15 students are passing 
d)
15 students are failing
13.
Solve for x
a)
x=6
b)
x =1/6
c)
x = 7
d)
x=9
14.
In a certain apartment building, the ratio of tenants to cars is 3:5. If there are 30 tenants, how many cars are there?
a)
35
b)
60
c)
18
d)
50
15.
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
16.
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
17.
10 students want hotdogs for lunch and 26 want hamburgers.  What is the ratio of the number of students who want hot dogs to the number of students who want hamburgers?
a)
26:10
b)
10:26
c)
10:36
d)
25:36
18.
There are 13 male teachers and 5 female teachers at Margo's School.  What is the ratio of female teachers to male teachers?
a)
5:13
b)
13:5
c)
18:10
d)
26:5
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.

Find the missing term in each proportion.

59=45x\frac{5}{9}=\frac{45}{x}  

a)

72

b)

2025

c)

25

d)

81

23.

Find the missing term in each proportion.

3x=610\frac{3}{x}=\frac{6}{10}   

a)

2

b)

5

c)

20

d)

8

24.

There are 18 keys per calculator. Find the number of keys on 11 calculators.

 

a)

198 calculators

b)

1.6 keys per calculator

c)

198 keys

d)

Not enough info

25.

There are 480 calories in a box of 6 granola bars. How many calories would there 

be in 8 granola bars? Write a proportion to solve.

a)

80 calories each

b)

640 calories

c)

480 calories

d)

360 calories

26.

A typical NVI math teacher has 48 students in their 2 math classes. Keeping the same ratio, find the number of students a teacher would have if they taught 7 classes. 

a)

672 students

b)

192 students

c)

168 students

d)

144 students

27.

The dishwasher uses 32 gallons of water to wash 4 loads of dishes. How many gallons of water will the dishwasher use to wash 10 loads of dishes?

a)

75 gallons

b)

85 gallons

c)

80 gallons

d)

100 gallons

28.
The 6th grade took a field trip to the movies. The table shows the price of popcorn based on the quantity purchased. How much would it cost for 20 bags of popcorn? 
a)
50
b)
55
c)
60
d)
65