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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Ratio And Proportion
Stacy has started collecting coins. She has twice as many wheat pennies as she does 1946 dimes, and three times as many 1983 quarters as she does 1946 dimes. If Stacy has 1946 dimes, what is the ratio of wheat pennies to 1983 quarters?
We know that Stacy has 1946 dimes.
We also know that she has twice as many wheat pennies, so we must multiply by
to find the total number of wheat pennies.
We also know that Stacy has three times as many 1986 quarters, so we multiply by
to find the total number of 1986 quarters.
Now our ratio of wheat pennies to 1986 quarters is , but this can be simplified because both numbers are divisible by
.
So our ratio becomes
Example Question #1 : How To Find A Ratio
Cassie works a four hour shift at the coffee shop. During her shift, customers order coffee,
order orange juice, and
order hot choclate. What is the ratio of customers who order orange juice to those who order coffee?
Since there are customers who order orange juice,
is the first number of our ratio.
The second number of our ratio is , because
people order coffee.
Therefore, our ratio is :
Example Question #1 : Ratio And Proportion
Steve is having a birthday party. So far, he has invited thirty-nine of his friends from school, fifteen of whom are girls. He wants to make the ratio of girls to boys at the party two to one. How many more girls does he need to invite, assuming no more boys are invited?
Counting Steve, there are forty attendees so far, fifteen of whom are girls and twenty-five of whom (including Steve) are boys. To obtain a two-to-one girl to boy ratio, he needs to invite a total of fifty girls, so he needs to invite thirty-five more.
Example Question #1 : How To Find A Ratio
Scott's mother bakes 12 cookies and he eats half of them. Scott's mom then puts red frosting on 4 cookies and blue frosting on the rest of the cookies. What is the ratio of cookies with red frosting to cookies with blue frosting?
If Scott's mother bakes 12 cookies and he eats half of them, that means he will eat 6 cookies, leaving 6 uneaten cookies.
If Scott's mom then puts red frosting on 4 cookies and blue frosting on the rest of the cookies, 2 cookies will get blue frosting. ().
Therefore, the ratio of cookies with red frosting to cookies with blue frosting is , which is equal to
.
Example Question #2 : Ratio And Proportion
For every 3 peanuts in a bag of trail mix, there are 1 chocolate chip and 2 raisins. What is the proportion of raisins in the mix?
Given that there are 3 peanuts for every 1 chocolate chip and 2 raisins, the proportion of raisins can be found by dividing the number of raisins by the sum of all the items in the mix. This results in:
.
Therefore, is the correct answer.
Example Question #6 : How To Find A Ratio
Jose is times taller than his baby brother Michael. If Jose is
inches tall, how tall is Michael?
inches
inches
inches
inches
inches
The ratio of Jose to Michael's height is .
Thus, if Jose is inches taller than Michael must be
times shorter.
We can write this as the expression, .
Also, an equivalent ratio for =
.
Example Question #1 : How To Find A Ratio
Find an equivalent ratio.
An equivalent ratio of is
.
This is the furthest simplification of the ratio.
The greatest common divisor is needed to simplify the expression.
Both and
are divisible by
,
and
.
Thus, the correct answer is .
Example Question #8 : How To Find A Ratio
Solve for .
To solve this problem the relationship between the two numbers in the first ratio needs to be established.
Since, is
times larger than
, an equivalent ratio must have the same relationship.
Thus, must be
times larger than
, and
Thus,
Example Question #1 : How To Find A Ratio
There are students in a fifth grade class. If there are
girls in the class, what is the ratio of the number of boys in the class to the total number of students in the class?
First, find the number of boys in the class by subtracting the number of girls in the class from the total number of students.
Now, we know that the ratio of the number of boys in the class to the total number of students in the class is .
We can express that ratio as the following fraction:
Example Question #1 : How To Find A Ratio
There are students in a computer science class. If there are
boys in the class, what is the ratio of the number of girls in the class to the total number of students in the class?
First, find the number of girls in the class by subtracting the number of boys in the class from the total number of students.
Now, we know that the ratio of the number of boys in the class to the total number of students in the class is .
We can express that ratio as the following fraction:
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