Chapter 4
QUEST
Ratios: state YES or NO
1. 3 lb and 8 yd…Yes or N0
2. 9 in and 6 m…Yes or N0
3. 2 mm and 10 km…Yes or N0
4. 5 gal and 2 cups…Yes or N0
5. 9 cm and 3 m…Yes or N0
6. 8 tons and 3 miles.. Yes or N0
Ratios: word problems
1. The ratio of the length to the width
of a rectangle is 3 : 2. If the length
of the rectangle is 21 inches,
what’s the width of the rectangle?
Ratios: write ratio or fraction
1)There are 28 video discs and 9
music discs on a shelf. The ratio of
the number of video discs to the
number of music discs is:
Ratios: find missing term
1. 4 : 7 = _____ : 28
2. _____ : 5 = 24 : 30
3. 2 : 3 = 14 : _____
Ratios: word problems
1. There are 280 6th grade students at EMS.
There are 20 more 7th grade students than
6th grade students at EMS. There are 40
less 8th grade students than 6th grade
students at EMS. Write the ratio of the
number of 6th grade : 7th grade : 8th grade
students.
2. SIMPLIFY it!
Ratios: write ratio or fraction
1. There are 15 blue jolly ranchers and
9 red jolly ranchers in bag.
1. Write the ratio of red jolly ranchers
to blue jolly ranchers.
2. Write the fraction of red jolly
ranchers.
Ratios: find missing term
1. 10 : 12 = 15 : _____
2. _____ : 30 = 18 : 20
3. 2 : 16 = _____ : 24
Proportions:
setup words, fractions, find answer
1)Scout eats 4 scoops per day. How
many days will it take Scout to eat
30 scoops?
Ratios: find missing term
1. 4 : 5 = _____ : 3
2. 2 : _____ = 3 : 4
3. 3 : 8 = 4 : _____
Ratios: word problems
1. The ratio of the number of fiction
books to the number of reference
books in a library is 9 : 5. If there’s
are total of 84 fiction and reference
books in the library. How many
books are fiction? How many
books are reference?
Ratios: complete the table
5
6
8
12
25
40
12
800
144
60
Proportions:
setup words, fractions, find answer
1)10 pita chips have 130 calories.
How many calories would 18 pita
chips have?
Ratios: complete the table
11
15
40
50
22
121
60
20
5
5
Ratios: word problems
1. The ratio of Adam’s height to
Sam’s height is 4 : 3. Together
their height measures 14 meters.
1. How tall is Adam?
2. How tall is Sam?
Proportions:
setup words, fractions, find answer
1) A one liter seltzer bottle has 3
servings. If each serving has 5
milligrams of sodium. How many
milligrams of sodium are in 4 liters of
seltzer?
Ratios: simplify
1. 54 : 88
2. 49 : 63
3. 500 : 800
4. 12 : 84
Ratios: write ratio or fraction
1) There are 28 girls and 40 boys in gym
class.
1) Write the ratio for girls to boys.
2) Write the ratio for boys to girls.
3) Write the fraction of boys.
4) Write the fraction of girls.
Proportions:
setup words, fractions, find answer
1)A teacher gets about 17 emails in 2
days. How about many emails
would they get in 5 days?
Ratios: write ratio or fraction
1. In the month of January it was
below freezing for 21 days and
above freezing for 10 days.
1. Write the ratio of below freezing to
above freezing.
2. Write the fraction of freezing days.
Ratios: word problems
1. The ratio of the number of boys to
the number of girls in a theater is 5
to 7. There are 14 more girls than
boys in the theater. How many
children are in the theater?
Proportions:
setup words, fractions, find answer
1)A week (5 days) of school lunch
costs $15.25. How much does 2
days of school lunch cost?