Quiz about Rations and Proportions

Question 1

Simplify the ratio 20:36

Accepted Answer

5:9

Answer

5:6

Answer

5:8

Answer

10:18

Question 2

Simplify the ratio 48:50

Accepted Answer

24:25

Answer

12:15

Answer

14:15

Answer

4:5

Question 3

Simplify the ratio 96:36

Accepted Answer

8:3

Answer

24:9

Answer

9:6

Answer

18:12

Question 4

Simplify the ratio 45:72

Accepted Answer

5:8

Answer

15:18

Answer

5:9

Answer

15:19

Question 5

Of 300 students in the cafeteria, 140 had lunch. Write the ratio of the students in the cafeteria to the students that had lunch.

Accepted Answer

15:7

Answer

30:14

Answer

12:7

Answer

5:2

Question 6

Simplify the ratio 26:65

Accepted Answer

2:5

Answer

13:25

Answer

7:15

Answer

8:15

Question 7

if there are 5 boys for every 7 girls in math class, how many boys are there if there are 35 girls?

Accepted Answer

25

Answer

20

Answer

30

Answer

35

Question 8

On a map, if one centimetre represents 25 kilometres, how many kilometres does 7 centimetres represent?

Accepted Answer

175

Answer

185

Answer

200

Answer

220

Question 9

At Intercede Inc., 7 out of 10 people received raises. If they employ 350 people, how many got raises?

Accepted Answer

245

Answer

215

Answer

225

Answer

235

Question 10

20 apples are distributed between Aaron and Ben in the ratio 2 : 3. Find, how many does each get?

Accepted Answer

Aaron gets 8 apples and Ben gets 12 apples.

Answer

Aaron gets 9 apples and Ben gets 12 apples.

Answer

Aaron gets 12 apples and Ben gets 8 apples.

Answer

Aaron gets 12 apples and Ben gets 16 apples.

Question 11

A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 5 : 1. If you used 35 ounce of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

10

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 12

A teacher had 21 red pens. If the ratio of red pens to blue pens she owned was 3 : 1, how many pens did she have total?

Accepted Answer

28

Answer

24

Answer

21

Answer

20

Question 13

A chess player played 20 games total. If he won 2 of the games, what is the ratio of games he lost to games he won?

Accepted Answer

9 to 1

Answer

1 to 9

Answer

2 to 20

Answer

20 to 2

Question 14

At a pet store the ratio of cats to dogs sold was 10 : 1. If there were 60 cats that were sold, how many dogs were sold?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

7

Answer

20

Answer

10

Question 15

At a restaurant the ratio of kids meals sold to adult meals sold was 5 : 4. If there were 20 kids meals sold, what is the combined amount of kids and adult meals sold?

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

29

Answer

20

Answer

9

Question 16

A student bought 34 pencils for school. If he sharpened 16 of the pencils before school, what is his ratio of unsharpened pencils to sharpened pencils?

Accepted Answer

9:8

Answer

36 to 16

Answer

16 to 34

Answer

8:9

Question 17

At a farm the ratio of cows to horses was 10 : 3. If there were 20 cows at the farm, how many horses were there?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

10

Answer

3

Answer

20

Question 18

A buffet offers ranch or caesar dressing. The ratio of ranch dressing used to caesar dressing used is 8 : 3. If the buffet uses 72 cases of ranch dressing, how many cases of caesar do they use?

Accepted Answer

27

Answer

10

Answer

11

Answer

26

Question 19

At a carnival Cody bought 15 tickets. If he used 6 tickets trying to win the ring toss game, what is the ratio of tickets he has to tickets he's used?

Accepted Answer

3 to 2

Answer

15 to 6

Answer

5 to 2

Answer

2 to 3

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