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Example
Trail Mix
Several friends are in the kitchen together making trail mix. Max
wants to have 1 cup of raisins for every 2 cups of peanuts. How
many cups of raisins should they add if there are 5 cups of peanuts?
Raisins
Using the tape diagram, we can see that 5 cups would be between 4
and 6, so the raisins would be between 2 and 3. Therefore, we need
2.5 cups of raisins when there is 5 cups of peanuts.
Peanuts
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
4
6
8
Solve the following problems using ratio reasoning.
1. Tarek is making is own trail mix with a
2:3 ratio of cranberries to dried apples. If
he adds 6 scoops of cranberries, how many
scoops of dried apples should he include?
2. Maria is making enough trail mix to
share with her entire track team. She wants
to include chocolate and raisins in a ratio of
4 to 5. If she adds 96 oz. of chocolate, how
many ounces of raisins should she add?
3. Caleb has been walking around eating
everyone’s trail mix while he chats with
them. He ate 3 parts of Tarek’s trail mix for
every 5 parts of Max’s trail mix. If he ate 8
teaspoons of Max’s, how many teaspoons of
Tarek’s mix did he eat?
4. Sarah is very messy. While working this
morning, she dropped 5 ounces of trail mix.
Her friend, Vanessa, only dropped 1 ounce.
By the end of the day Vanessa had dropped
a total of 2 ½ ounces. At this same rate, how
much did Sarah drop?
5. It takes Sarah 8 minutes to put together
32 ounces of trail mix. At this rate, how long
will it take her to put together 68 ounces of
trail mix?
6. Vanessa can make 15 ounces of trail mix
in 2 minutes. At this rate, how much trail
mix can she make in 15 minutes?
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Name: __________________________________________________
Example
Trail Mix
Several friends are in the kitchen together making trail mix. Max
wants to have 1 cup of raisins for every 2 cups of peanuts. How
many cups of raisins should they add if there are 5 cups of peanuts?
Raisins
Using the tape diagram, we can see that 5 cups would be between 4
and 6, so the raisins would be between 2 and 3. Therefore, we need
2.5 cups of raisins when there is 5 cups of peanuts.
Peanuts
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
4
6
8
Solve the following problems using ratio reasoning.
1. Tarek is making is own trail mix with a
2:3 ratio of cranberries to dried apples. If
he adds 6 scoops of cranberries, how many
scoops of dried apples should he include?
2. Maria is making enough trail mix to
share with her entire track team. She wants
to include chocolate and raisins in a ratio of
4 to 5. If she adds 96 oz. of chocolate, how
many ounces of raisins should she add?
9 scoops of dried apples
120 oz. of raisins
3. Caleb has been walking around eating
everyone’s trail mix while he chats with
them. He ate 3 parts of Tarek’s trail mix for
every 5 parts of Max’s trail mix. If he ate 8
teaspoons of Max’s, how many teaspoons of
Tarek’s mix did he eat?
4. Sarah is very messy. While working this
morning, she dropped 5 ounces of trail mix.
Her friend, Vanessa, only dropped 1 ounce.
By the end of the day Vanessa had dropped
a total of 2 ½ ounces. At this same rate, how
much did Sarah drop?
4.8 teaspoons of Tarek’s mix
5. It takes Sarah 8 minutes to put together
32 ounces of trail mix. At this rate, how long
will it take her to put together 68 ounces of
trail mix?
17 minutes
12.5 ounces
6. Vanessa can make 15 ounces of trail mix
in 2 minutes. At this rate, how much trail
mix can she make in 15 minutes?
112.5 ounces
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