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Unit 4: Ratios and Rates – Comparing Quantities Worksheet 1 (C)
Read each situation. Write each ratio in three ways. Remember to begin each with a
word ratio.
Ratios are written in 3 ways:
A to B, A : B and
A party mix contains the following ingredients:
Party Mix – Makes 8 Cups
4 cups pretzels
2 cups bagel chips
1 cup cheese crackers
1 cup peanuts
1. Write the ratio of pretzels to bagels chips.
2. Write
the
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io to peanuts.
3. Write the ratio Rat
of crackers
Lesson 4.1
Comp aring Tw o Q uant it ies
Write a ratio to compare the quantities.
4. Jacob1. buys
ofOfruit
Shop.
Jacobthe
buysfollowing
17 ounces ofounces
g rapes and
livia bfrom
uys 21 Stop
ouncesand
of oranges.
17
Grap es
O rang es
21
a. a)
What
is the ratio of grapes to oranges?
What is t he rat io of g rapes to oranges?
b)
What is t he rat io of oranges to g rapes?
State whether each of the following can be expressed as a ratio. I f yes, express
the ratio in simplest form.
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b.2. 2What
is the ratio of oranges to total3.ounces
of fruit?
yard s and 60 inches
3 gallons and 5 tons
Complete to express each ratio in simplest form.
4.
18 feet : 5 yards
5.
30 ounces : 3 pint s
feet :
ounces :
feet
:
ounces
Write each ratio in simplest form.
6.
54 : 96
7. 8 yards : 40 feet
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Rachel baked 20 chicken pies. Michelle baked 12 more pies than Rachel.
How many pies did Rachel bake? _________
How many pies did Michelle bake? _________
5. What is the ratio of the number of chicken pies Michelle baked to the number of
chicken pies Rachel baked?
6. What is the ratio of the number of chicken pies Rachel baked to the number of
chicken pies Michelle baked?
7. What is the ratio of the total number of chicken pies baked by both girls compared
to the number of chicken pies baked by Michelle?
Solve.
8. A concrete mixture is made up of 3 parts water, 4 parts cement and 5 parts sand.
What is the total amount of concrete mixture? ________
Find the ratios of:
a. The amount of cement to the amount of water.
b. The amount of sand to the amount of the concrete mixture.
9. There are 20 animals in a pond. Of these animals, 7 are frogs, 8 are fish and the rest
are tortoises. Find the ratios of:
a. The number of frogs to the total number of animals.
b. The number of fish to the number of tortoises.
A packet of breakfast cereal contains these ingredients:
Dried Fruit
Walnuts
Rolled Oats
Corn Flakes
16 grams
23 grams
11 grams
10 grams
10. Complete the table to show the ratios.
The ratio of
The mass of walnuts to the mass of corn flakes
Ratios
The mass of rolled oats to the total mass of cereal
The total mass of cereal to the mass of walnuts
The total mass of dried fruit and walnuts to the mass of
corn flakes
The total mass of cereal to the mass of corn flakes
Reflect.
11. What does it mean when the terms in a ratio are equal?
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12. The ratio of floor seats to balcony seats is 20 : 1. Does this theatre have more floor
seats or more balcony seats? How do you know?
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