Ratios

5 to 7

A camera store developed 84 rolls of film in one week. Customers wanted double prints from 60 of these rolls. What is the ratio of rolls with double prints to rolls developed?

1:8

A cereal company advertised that 3 out of every 27 boxes of cereal had a special prize inside. What is the ratio of boxes with prizes to boxes with no prizes?

36 to 775

A family started their vacation with a full tank of gasoline. The car's gas tank holds 18 gallons. They used another full tank of gas while traveling a total of 775 miles. What is the ratio of gallons of gasoline used to the total number of miles traveled?

1 to 9

A fruit salad had 63 grapes and 7 strawberries. What was the ratio of strawberries to grapes?

7: 10

A hardware store sold 80 lawn mowers in one year. If 56 lawn mowers were purchased in the spring, what is the ratio of the number of lawn mowers purchased in the spring to the number purchased during the entire year?

12 to 25

A petting zoo has 5 goats, 8 sheep, and 12 rabbits. What is the ratio of rabbits to total animals?

2 to 9

A recipe requires 2 tablespoons of butter, 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar, and 5 tablespoons of brown sugar. Which ratio represents the number of tablespoons of butter to the number of tablespoons of powdered and brown sugar?

5:6

A recycling business estimates that it recycles 15 plastic bottles for every 3 glass bottles. What is the ratio of plastic bottles to both types of bottles that get recycled?

19:10

A snack mixture contains 5 walnuts, 4 hazelnuts, and 10 peanuts. What is the ratio of the number of walnuts, hazelnuts, and peanuts to the number of peanuts?

16:1

Armando is an architect. Out of the seventeen projects he worked on last year, one was a restaurant and the rest were houses. Which ratio represents the number of houses he designed to the number of restaurants?

41: 28

At a local school, 164 students play soccer and 112 students play baseball. What is the ratio of soccer players to baseball players?

3 to 4

At a meeting, there were 18 men and 24 women. What is the ratio of men to women at the meeting?

26 to 339

Bob's Car Wash had to close 26 days last year because of bad weather. If last year had 365 days, what is the ratio of days closed to days open for Bob's Car Wash?

1:4

Celia earned $5.00. She saved $1.00 and spent the rest. What is the ratio of the amount saved to the amount spent?

49 to 96

During a basketball game, Tasha's team scored 49 points while the opposing team scored 47 points. Which ratio represents the points scored by Tasha's team to the total points scored in the game?

8 to 11

During a field trip to the Chicago Zoo, the students in Lexie's class were given the option to see the Alligator Exhibit or attend the Monkey Extravaganza Show. Of the 19 students, 8 went to see the alligators while the others attended the monkey show. Which ratio represents the number of students who went to see the alligator exhibit to those who attended the monkey show?

337: 84

During a pep rally, 337 students are sitting in the bleachers of the gym and the remaining students are sitting on the gym floor. If there are 421 students at the pep rally, what is the ratio of students sitting in the bleachers to those students sitting on the floor?

4 to 7

During swim practice Brandi swam 6 butterfly stroke laps and 8 freestyle laps. What is the ratio of freestyle laps to total laps?

12:13

Emily read 24 fiction books and 2 nonfiction books. What is the ratio of the number of fiction books she read to the total number of books that she read?

89: 30

Five players on a basketball team each scored 6 points during a championship game. The final team score was 89. Which of the following is the ratio of the final score to the total score of the 5 players?

9 to 13

In Mr. Dalle's class, 13 students wear glasses and 9 do not. What is the ratio of students who do not wear glasses to the number of students who wear glasses?

7:8

In a class of 30 students, 14 rode the bus to school. What is the ratio of students who rode the bus to students who used other types of transportation to get to school?

2 to 7

Kegan and his friends went out for milkshakes. In total, they ordered 5 chocolate shakes and 2 strawberry shakes. What is the ratio of strawberry shakes to total shakes ordered?

1:5

Keisha takes piano lessons 10 months out of each year. Which ratio represents the number of months Keisha does NOT take piano lessons to the number of months she takes piano lessons?

23 to 1

Larry's car travels 230 miles on 10 gallons of fuel. What is the ratio of miles to gallons for Larry's car?

2 to 5

Marty had 10 pens. Four of these pens were blue. What is one way to show the ratio of blue pens to the total number of pens Marty had?

7 to 4

Miguel works for a company that installs and repairs dishwashers. Last week he installed 3 and repaired 4 dishwashers. What is the ratio of Miguel's total jobs to dishwashers that he repaired?

39:2

Mrs. Jonah's class of 18 students checked out a total of 351 books from the library last year. What was the ratio of books to students?

10: 17

Raul mixed paint in a ratio of 4 quarts of red to 6 quarts of yellow to 7 quarts of white. How could Raul express the ratio of the number of quarts of red and yellow to the total amount of paint he mixed?

2:25

Raymond baked 15 clay jars each day for 5 days. At the end of the 5 days he noticed that 6 jars came out of the oven with defects. What is the ratio of jars with defects to the total number of jars baked?

3 to 1

Rhett has received 160 responses for an event he is catering. Of the responses, 120 selected steak for their main course. Which ratio represents the number of responses for steak to those who chose something other than steak?

13 to 9

Robyn's class has 22 students. Nine of the students in the class are girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls in Robyn's class?

4 to 1

Roselyn planted 60 bean plants in her garden, 12 of which did not sprout. What is the ratio of plants that sprouted to those that did NOT sprout?

1:7

Six machines can polish 42 tables in one hour. What is the ratio of the number of machines to the number of tables polished in one hour?

5: 3

Sue sees 30 monkeys and 18 baby monkeys at the zoo. What is the ratio of monkeys to baby monkeys?

2:3

The sixth-grade basketball team won 9 out of 15 games. What is the ratio of the number of games lost to the number of games won?

13 to 15

There are 15 boys and 13 girls in Mr. Garcia's class. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

15:1

There are 225 pieces of cereal and 15 marshmallows in a bowl of cereal. What is the ratio of cereal pieces to marshmallow pieces?