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Miss Roehl has 7 fiction books, 9 non-fiction books, and 5 autobiographies. What is the ratio of fiction books to autobiographies.

7:5

Simplify this ratio: 36:12

3:1

Logan talks for 48 minutes of the 58 minutes of class. Write a ratio of minutes that Logan talks to minutes that he does not talk.

48:10 or 24:5

Write a ratio of circles to stars.

11:4

Write a ratio of apples to pears.

6:3 or 2:1

Miss Vonasek has 25 twix bars and 30 snickers bars. Write a simplified ratio of snickers to twix.

6:5

Find the missing part of the equivalent ratio-- 2/10 = ?/70

14

Create an equivalent ratio in simplest form-- six poodles for every eighteen dogs

1 poodle for every 3 dogs

Create an equivalent ration in simplest form-- 5 baseballs to 25 softballs

1 baseball to 5 softballs

Create an equivalent ratio in simplest form-- 10 horses to 12 cows

5 horses to 6 cows

A show company receives 35 shoes in 7 boxes. At this rate, how many shoes will they get in 17 boxes?

85 shoes

Madi practiced the piano 32 times in 4 weeks. Her brother practiced the piano 28 times in 4 weeks. Are the rates at which they practiced the piano equivalent? Explain.

Answers may very depending on the explanation.

A restaurant receives shipments of 150 dishes in 3 boxes. At this rate, how many dishes will they receive in 15 boxes?

750 dishes

Ben and Jerry have been earning money for a trip. Each week Ben earns $5 for the trip while Jerry earns $7. Fill out a table and graph the money they are earning. (x = weeks, y= total money). Hint: You will need to fill out two tables.

Table needs to be filled out correctly.

What are the missing values?

15, 9, 9, 405

What are the missing values?

3, 6, 4, 24

What are the missing values?

5, 3, 2

What are the missing values?

4, 9, 15

What are the missing values?

8 and 32

Give an example of a ratio

5: 3 "There are 5 boys for every 3 girls". or, there are 10 boys for every 6 girls

What is a comparison that shows the relative sizes of two or more values?

Ratios

Are the ratios equal or not equal? 8:12 = 40 : 60 ?

Equal ratios, because if you can multiply both parts of the ratio by 5 to show they are equal. 8 x 5 = 40 and 12 x 5= 60

Are the ratios equal or not equal? 3 : 7 and 8 : 14 ?

Not equal, because if you multiply both parts of the ratio by 2, the second ratio isn't correct. 7 x 2 = 14, but 3 x 2 does not equal 8.

First place gets $50 , second place gets $40. How much does first place get when second place gets $20?

$25 dollars, because second place got divided by 2, so first place also gets divided by 2. 40÷2 =20, and 50÷2=25

Simplify the ratio. 9:15

3:5, because both parts of the ratio can be divided by 3. 9÷3 = 3, and 15÷3=5

Simplify the ratio. 24 : 9

8:3, because both parts of the ratio can be divided by 3. 24÷3 = 8, and 9÷3=3

Use ratio words to describe the ratio. 15 ladybugs: 6 bees

There are 15 ladybugs for every 6 bees, or For every 15 ladybugs there are 6 bees.

Use ratio words to describe the ratio. 12 tacos: 4 drinks

There are 12 tacos for every 4 drinks, or For every 12 tacos there are 4 drinks.

The ratio of bowls to cups is 16 to 10, if there are 20 cups, how many bowls?

There are 32 bowls, because the cups were multiplied by 2, so, bowls also are multiplied by 2. 10x2= 20 cups, and 16x2 = 32 bowls

The ratio of singers to guitars is 8:3. If there are 16 singers, how many guitars?

6 guitars, because singers was multiplied by 2, so, guitars also has to multiply by 2. 8x2= 16 singers, and 3x2 = 6 guitars

Name a ratio that is equivalent to 8:4

2:1, 4:2, 16: 8

Name a ratio that is equivalent to 6:2

3:1, 12:4, 15:5