Ratio Word Problems

8 : 5

Typically, children have 20 milk teeth and adults have 32 permanent teeth. What is the ratio of permanent teeth to milk teeth?

£20

£80 is divided between Andy, Ben and Graham in the ratio 1:3:4. How much more money does Ben receive than Andy?

2 : 47

Duralumin, an alloy consists of 94% aluminium, 4% copper and 1% magnesium. What is the ratio of copper to aluminium in Duralumin?

144 : 720

George and Tanya typed in words in the ratio of 1 : 5 in 20 minutes. They typed 864 words altogether. Find the number of words that each of them typed.

8 : 5

Harry reads 32 pages of a 52-page comic book before he falls asleep. What is the ratio of the pages that Harry read to the pages that remain to be read?

9

If 8 ounces is 1 cup, how many cups would 72 ounces be?

64

If there are 16 ounces in a pound, how many ounces would be in 4 pounds?

35

In a bag of jelly beans, the ratio of pink to green is 4:7. If there are 20 pink jelly beans, how many are green?

18

James and Milly share chocolates in the ratio 3:4. Milly has 24 chocolates. How many does James get?

60

Jim and Jen share sweets in the ratio 4:5. Jim gets 48 sweets. How many did Jen get?

350 : 150

Joanna is reading a storybook. The ratio of the number of pages she read to the pages that remain to be read is 7 : 3. If the book contains 500 pages in all, how many pages did Joanna read and how many pages remain to be read?

14

Kim and Ken share sweets in the ratio 3:5. Kim gets 21 sweets. How much more does Ken get?

2 : 1

Kim receives 120 official e-mails on Monday morning. She responds to 60 e-mails. What is the ratio of e-mails that Kim received to the mails that she answered?

28

Last season, a hockey team had 3 losses for every 8 wins. This season, they had 4 losses for every 5 wins. If they had 56 wins last year, how many losses did they have this year?

5/7

Rachel and Beth share £140 in the ratio 2:5. What fraction of the money does Beth receive?

132 : 110

Roy rears Randall and Jersey cattle breeds in the ratio of 6 : 5. If he has a total of 242 cattle on his farm, how many Randall cattle and how many Jersey cattle does he own?

1/5

Sam and Eva share money in the ratio 1:4. What fraction of the money does Sam receive?

16 : 11

Siberian tigers can weigh up to 800 lbs while African lions can weigh up to 550 lbs. Compare the ratio of the weight of a Siberian tiger to that of an African lion.

27 : 1

The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate around its own axis and the moon takes 27 days. What is the ratio of the time taken by the moon to the time taken by the Earth to rotate around their respective axes? (Hint: Convert hours to days)

4 : 3

The continent of North America covers an area of 24 million square kilometers and South America has a total area of 18 million square kilometers. Compare the ratio of the geographical areas of North America to South America.

54

The ratio of adults to children is 3:6 If there are 81 people in the room, how many children are there?

40:25

The ratio of girls to boys is 25:40 . what is the ratio of boys to girls?

84

The ratio of monkeys to bananas was 2:7 If there were 24 monkeys, how many bananas?

12 : 13

There are 26 letters in the English language and 24 in Korean. What is the ratio of letters in the Korean language to the letters in the English language?

32:88

There are 32 boys and 56 girls in the auditorium. What is the ratio of boys to total children?

1:4

What ratio is equivalent to 5:20

4:3

what ratio is equivalent to 48 : 36

2: 3

An electric pole is 16 m tall and it casts a shadow that is 24 m long. What is the ratio of the height of the electric pole to the length of the shadow cast by it?

1 : 1

An equilateral triangle ABC, has three equal sides and three equal angles. Find the ratio of angle A to angle C.

11 : 9

Ben and Jude get a weekly allowance of $44 and $36 respectively. Find the ratio of the allowance that Ben receives to the allowance that Jude gets.

3 : 1

A boutique sold 72 designer outfits and 24 pieces of jewelry over the Christmas weekend. Find the ratio of the number of outfits sold to the pieces of jewelry sold?

8

A large bowl had apples and bananas. The ratio of apples to bananas was 5 to 4. if there were 10 apples in the bowl, how many bananas?