Name ________________________________________ Additional Practice Grade 6, Unit 1 1. Cheerleaders have ribbons to wear for the game. They use 8 ribbons: 5 ribbons are blue and the rest are red. Write two part-to-part ratios and two part-to-whole ratios, using a colon. part to part blue to red 5:3 part to part red to blue 3:5 part to whole blue to total 5:8 part to whole red to total 3:8 2. In a classroom, there are 10 students: 4 are boys and the rest are girls. Write two part-to-part ratios and two part-to-whole ratios, using a colon (:). boys to girls girls to boys boys to total girls to total _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ 3. In a bag of candy, there are 3 red candies for every 8 purple candies. Write two part-to-part ratios and two part-to-whole ratios, using a colon (:). red to purple purple to red red to total purple to total _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ 4. In a bicycle shop, 2 tires are stocked for every 3 handlebars. Write two part-to-part and two part-to-whole ratios in fraction form. tires to handlebars handlebars to tires tires to total handlebars to tires _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ 5. In a button collection, there are 4 red buttons for every 5 blue buttons. Write two part-to-part ratios and two part-to-whole ratio, using a colon (:). red to blue blue to red red to total blue to total _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ _____ : _____ 6. In a salad, there are 2 parts spinach for every 1 part romaine lettuce. For each given ratio, circle the correct labels for each part of the ratio and determine whether the ratio is part to part or part to whole. 2:1 romaine to spinach spinach to romaine romaine to total spinach to total part to part part to whole 2:3 romaine to spinach spinach to romaine romaine to total spinach to total part to part part to whole 1:2 romaine to spinach spinach to romaine romaine to total spinach to total part to part part to whole 1:3 romaine to spinach spinach to romaine romaine to total spinach to total part to part part to whole 7. In a box of colored pencils, there are 3 primary colors for every 2 secondary colors. Represent the situation as primary to secondary colors using the word to, a colon (:), and as a fraction. to colon fraction _____ to _____ _____ : _____ _____ / _____ 8. In the library, there are two fiction books for every one nonfiction book. Represent the situation as fiction books to nonfiction books using the word to, a colon (:), and a fraction. to colon fraction _____ to _____ _____ : _____ _____ / _____ 9. In a fruit salad, there is 1 quart of blueberries for every 3 quarts of strawberries. Select all the ratios that represent the ratio of quarts of strawberries to quarts of blueberries. 1:4 1:3 3:1 1 to 3 10. In a recipe for cookies, there is 1 cup of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. Select all the ratios that represent the ratio of the cups of flour to cups of sugar. 1 to 2 1:2 1 to 3 1:3
