Grade 6 Quiz 1 Understand and Model Ratios

Mrs. Simpson’s class has 10 girls and 15 boys. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

• 10 to 15

• 15 to 10

• 10 to 25

• 15 to 25

At a wildlife park, Zoey counted 10 lions and 14 tigers. What is the ratio of tigers to lions?

• 10 to 14

• 14:10

• $\frac{10}{24}$

• $\frac{14}{24}$

At lunch time, 9 people at a restaurant ordered a hamburger and 24 people ordered chicken sandwiches. What is the ratio of people who ordered hamburgers to people who ordered chicken sandwiches?

• $\frac{9}{24}$

• $\frac{9}{33}$

• $\frac{24}{9}$

• $\frac{24}{33}$

A sentence has 5 misspelled words and 15 correctly spelled words. What is the ratio of misspelled words to the total number of words?

• 5:15

• 5:20

• 15:20

• 15:5

In a fruit salad, there are 12 strawberries, 14 grapes, 6 kiwis, and 4 papayas. What is the ratio of kiwis to the total number of pieces of fruit in the fruit salad?

• 6 to 10

• 6 to 26

• 6 to 30

• 6 to 36

You need 2 cups of rolled oats to make 24 oatmeal cookies. How many oatmeal cookies you can make with 6 cups of rolled oats?

• 12 oatmeal cookies

• 48 oatmeal cookies

• 72 oatmeal cookies

• 144 oatmeal cookies

A bakery sells 3 cheesecakes for every 8 chocolate cakes. If the bakery sells 24 chocolate cakes, how many cheesecakes will be sold?

• 8 cheesecakes

• 9 cheesecakes

• 11 cheesecakes

• 12 cheesecakes

In a video game for every 6 enemies defeat, you earned 3 points. If you defeated 48 enemies, how many points would you have earned?

• 18 points

• 24 points

• 96 points

• 144 points

A photocopier can copy 4 pages every 2 seconds. How long will it take to copy 120 pages?

• 30 seconds

• 45 seconds

• 60 seconds

• 90 seconds

The ratio of students who wear glasses to the total class is 2 : 5. If there were 20 studens in the class, how many students wear glasses?

• 4 students

• 5 students

• 6 students

• 8 students