Quiz about Ratios and Proportions

Question 1

If there are 5 boys and 7 girls, write the ratio of girls to boys.

Accepted Answer

7 to 5

Answer

5 to 7

Answer

5 to 12

Answer

7 to 12

Question 2

There are 13 boys and 10 girls in the classroom.  What is the ratio of boys to girls?

Accepted Answer

13 to 10

Answer

10 to 13

Answer

23 to 13

Answer

23 to 10

Question 3

A bag of marbles comes with 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of red to yellow?

Accepted Answer

2 to 5

Answer

5 to 3

Answer

3 to 5

Answer

5 to 2

Question 4

What is the ratio of flames to arms on the candle?

Accepted Answer

3:2

Answer

3:5

Answer

11/10

Question 5

What is an equivalent ratio to 3/4?

Accepted Answer

12/16

Answer

1/4

Answer

4/5

Answer

14/18

Question 6

What is a Ratio?

Accepted Answer

Is a comparison of two quantities

Answer

To multiply two fractions

Answer

A number over another number

Answer

Two decimals that can be multiplied

Question 7

In the fruit bowl there are 4 apples, 2 bananas, and 5 pears.  What is the ratio of pears to ALL fruit?

Accepted Answer

5:11

Answer

5:4

Answer

2:5

Answer

6:5

Question 8

There are 3 boys and 4 girls from the 6th grade marching band. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

Accepted Answer

3:4

Answer

3:7

Answer

4:3

Answer

7:3

Question 9

There are 13 boys and 7 girls in the school's robotics club. What is the ratio of girls to the total number of students in the club?

Accepted Answer

7:20

Answer

13:7

Answer

7:13

Answer

13:20

Question 10

Last month, Carly paid a gas and electric bill that totaled $90. The gas portion of the bill was $30. What is the ratio of money spent on gas to money spent on electric?

Accepted Answer

30:60

Answer

90:30

Answer

45:90

Answer

60:30

Question 11

What is the ratio of votes for yellow to green?

Accepted Answer

2:18

Answer

18:9

Answer

2:9

Answer

9:2

Question 12

The girls soccer team finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses. What is the ratio of losses to wins?

Accepted Answer

3:7

Answer

7:3

Answer

3:10

Answer

7:10

Question 13

What is the ratio of the number of students surveyed and the number of students who picked Science as their favorite subject?

Accepted Answer

18:6

Answer

5:12

Answer

6:18

Answer

7:15

Question 14

25:30 = 15:__

Accepted Answer

18

Answer

5

Answer

6

Answer

12

Question 15

Which represents the relationship of oranges to fruit?

Accepted Answer

2:6

Answer

2:4

Answer

4:6

Answer

4:2

Question 16

Which one is a real life example of a RATIO?

Accepted Answer

4 meatballs : 1 cup of sauce

Answer

12 noodles

Answer

1 jar of sauce

Answer

15 desserts

Question 17

Tommy has a bag of LEGOS.  There are 6 yellow, 3 red, and 8 blue LEGOS.  What is the ratio in simplest form of red to yellow LEGOS?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

6/3

Answer

2/1

Answer

3/6

Question 18

Kelly has 10 apps on her iPad. 5 are school apps, 2 are music apps, and 3 are games. What is the ratio of school apps to game apps?

Accepted Answer

5 to 3

Answer

5 to 2

Answer

3 to 5

Answer

5 to 10

Question 19

Express the ratio as a fraction in simplest form:
6 red cars to 4 blue cars

Accepted Answer

3/2

Answer

3 to 2

Answer

6/4

Answer

1.5

Question 20

3.  Express 12 baskets in 18 attempts as a fraction in simplest form.

Accepted Answer

2:3

Answer

3 to 2

Answer

6 to 9

Answer

12/18

Question 21

Solve the proportion.

Accepted Answer

q=4.5

Answer

q=2

Answer

q=9

Answer

q=6

Question 22

Solve the proportion.

Accepted Answer

n=8

Answer

n=6

Answer

n=24

Answer

n=7

Question 23

Do the ratios form a proportion?

Accepted Answer

Yes, they form a proportion.

Answer

No, they do not form a proportion.

Question 24

Do the ratios form a proportion?

Accepted Answer

No, they do not form a proportion.

Answer

Yes, they form a proportion.

Question 25

Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form.
15 girls to 6 boys

Accepted Answer

5/2

Answer

5 to 2

Answer

5/3

Answer

3 to 5

Question 26

In an animal shelter, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5 to 3. There are 25 dogs.  Write and solve a proportion to find the number c of cats.

Accepted Answer

c=15

Answer

c=18

Answer

c=21

Answer

c=16

Question 27

In a certain apartment building, the ratio of tenants to cars is 3:5. If there are 30 tenants, how many cars are there?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

35

Answer

60

Answer

18

Question 28

Three quarters of the junior members of a tennis club are boys and the rest are girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

Accepted Answer

3:1

Answer

3:4

Answer

4:3

Answer

1:3

Question 29

Which is NOT equivalent to 3:5?

Accepted Answer

21:28

Answer

15:25

Answer

9:15

Answer

30:50

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Mathematics