Ratios in the Real World

A box contains baseball and football cards. The number of baseball cards to the number of football cards is in the ratio 5 : 1. If the total number of cards is 1,380, find the number of each type of cards.

• Football cards is 230; Baseball cards is 1,150

• none of those

• Football cards is 1,150; Baseball cards is 230

• Football cards is 276; Baseball cards is 1,380

A box contains baseball and football cards. The number of baseball cards to the number of football cards is in the ratio 5 : 1. Suppose the number of baseball cards is 950, find the number of football cards.

• Football cards is 230

• none of those

• Football cards is 238

• Football cards is 190

A school raised $18,000 at a charity event. The money raised was shared among three charities, A, B, and C, in the ratio 1: 2: 3. How much money did each charity receive?

• A received $3,000; B received $6,000; C received $9,000

• A received $9,000; B received $6,000; C received $3,000

• A received $18,000; B received $9,000; C received $6,000

• none of those

The number of coins collected by Xavier, Yohann, and Zachary is in the ratio 2 : 5 : 8. Yohann collected 85 coins. Find the number of coins Zachary collected.

• none of those

• 218 coins

• 136 coins

• 328 coins

The number of coins collected by Xavier, Yohann, and Zachary is in the ratio 2 : 5 : 8. Yohann collected 85 coins. Find the number of coins collected by the three boys altogether.

• none of those

• 255 coins

• 1275 coins

• 180 coins

At Stacey’s middle school, students either ride bikes to school, walk, or take a bus. The ratio of the number of students who ride bikes to the number who walk is 3 : 4. The ratio of the number of students who walk to the number who take a bus is 12 : 7. There are 560 students in all. Find the number of students who ride bikes to school.

• 180 students

• none of those

• 240 students

• 140 students

At Stacey’s middle school, students either ride bikes to school, walk, or take a bus. The ratio of the number of students who ride bikes to the number who walk is 3 : 4. The ratio of the number of students who walk to the number who take a bus is 12 : 7. There are 560 students in all. Find the number of students who walk to school.

• 240 students

• none of those

• 180 students

• 140 students

At Stacey’s middle school, students either ride bikes to school, walk, or take a bus. The ratio of the number of students who ride bikes to the number who walk is 3 : 4. The ratio of the number of students who walk to the number who take a bus is 12 : 7. There are 560 students in all. Find the number of students who take a bus to school.

• 140 students

• none of those

• 180 students

• 240 students

Claire keeps some green and red plates in a cabinet. The ratio of the number of green plates to the number of red plates is 2 : 1. She adds 18 more red plates in the cabinet and the ratio becomes 4 : 5. How many green plates are in the cabinet?

• none of those

• 24 green plates

• 30 green plates

• 18 green plates

Claire keeps some green and red plates in a cabinet. The ratio of the number of green plates to the number of red plates is 2 : 1. She adds 18 more red plates in the cabinet and the ratio becomes 4 : 5. How many red plates are in the cabinet?

• none of those

• 24 red plates

• 30 red plates

• 18 red plates