6-1 Understanding Ratios

A strand of lights has 50 light bulbs. Eight of the bulbs are burned out. What is the ratio of total number of bulbs to the bulbs that are burned out?

• 8:8

• 42:50

• 50:8

• 50:58

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Daphne likes to read. The table shows how many of each genre of books she has.

Which ratio does NOT describe Daphne's books?

• 23 to 18

• 148:50

• 62:148

• 45/62

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For every 4 boys in the choir there are 5 girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

• 4/5

• 5/4

• 4/9

• 9/5

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A grocery store receives a case containing the bottles of juice shown in the picture.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• The ratio of total bottles to bottles of apple juice is 12 to 6

• The ratio of bottles of orange juice to bottles of grape juice is 4 to 2

• The ratio of bottles of grape juice to total bottles is 4 to 12

• The ratio of bottles of apple juice and grape juice to bottles of orange juice is 10:2

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A traffic signal has 1 red, 1 yellow, and 1 green light. Which relationship can be described by the ratio 1 to 3?

• number of lights on a traffic signal

• red lights to the total number of lights

• lights that are not red to the total number of lights

• lights that are yellow or green to the total number of lights

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A box of greeting cards contains 7 graduation cards, 4 thank you cards, 3 blank cards, and 2 get well cards. Which statement is true? Mark all that apply

• The ratio of graduation cards to thank you cards is 7:4

• The ratio of get well cards to blank cards is 3:2

• The ratio of blank cards to thank you cards is 3:4

• The ratio of all cards to thank you cards is 16:4

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Ricardo bought 3 pounds of red grapes, 4 pounds of green grapes, and 1 pound of black grapes. What is the ratio of green grapes to red grapes?

Write the ratio using the word "to".

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