6th Grade Ratios and Rates Practice 1

Steve makes butter cookies at a bakery. He uses 1 cup of butter for every 2 cups of flour. He uses 16 cups of flour for every 5 cups of sugar. Complete the table to show three different possible amounts, in cups, of butter and sugar that Steve could use.

Which ratio is equivalent to 3:2?

• 3:4

• 5:4

• 6:4

• 9:4

A store sells two different packs of chocolate milk. Each pack uses bottles with chocolate milk measured in ounces (oz). Information about the two packs is shown. Pack 2 costs $0.045 more per ounce than Pack 1. What is the cost, in dollars, of Pack 2?

Angela can cut 5 patches in 10 minutes to make a quilt. How many minutes will it take Angela to cut 36 patches?

Stacy is painting walls in her house. The amount of time it takes her to paint walls of different sizes is shown in the table. What is the missing value in the table?

Jimmy is making a meal that has 1 cup of rice for every 1/2 cup of lentils. Enter the numbers that represent the ratio of cups of rice to total cups of food.

Rebekah has 3 red pens, 4 blue pens, and 8 black pens. What is the ratio of red pens to total pens?

Michael has 20 ounces of peanuts and 8 ounces of raisins in his cupboard. What is the ratio of peanuts to raisins in Michael’s cupboard?

A recipe for salad dressing calls for 3 cups of oil to 2 cups of balsamic vinegar. What is the ratio of oil to vinegar?

• 3:1

• 3:2

• 3:4

• 3:5

Ronnie has 4 pairs of shoes and 8 pairs of socks. What is the ratio of socks to shoes?

• 1:3

• 2:1

• 4:8

• 8:12