Division Ratios and Fractions

A backyard pond has 12 sunfish and 30 rainbow shiners. Write the ratio of sunfish to rainbow shiners in simplest form .

• 12:30

• 2:5

• 18:30

• 3:5

Which sentence accurately represents the following ratio:

• The ratio of moons to suns is 4 to 8

• There are 4 moons for every 8 suns

• There are 4 moons for every 2 suns

• The ratio of suns to moons is 2:1

Mary lost 3 out of 5 games. What is the ratio of games Mary lost to the games she won?

• 3/5

• 2/5

• 3/2

• 5/2

What are the three different ways you can write a ratio?

• Fraction, comma, words

• Fraction, colon, words

• Colon, words, pictures

• Picture, fraction, comma

Describe the ratio of purple circles to red circles.

• For every 5 red circles, there are 6 purple circles.

• For every 6 purple circles, there are 11 total circles.

• For every 5 red circles, there are 11 total circles.

• For every 6 purple circles, there are 5 red circles.

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

• 5:4

• 5:11

• 2:5

• 6:5

A ratio is...

• the difference between two numbers.

• a comparison of two numbers by division.

• a comparison of two numbers by multiplication.

• the sum of two numbers.

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

• 5 to 7

• 7 to 5

• 5 to 12

• 7 to 12

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

• 5 to 2

• 5/3

• 3 to 5

• 5/2

Simplify the ratio of
35 : 14

• 5 : 2

• 2 : 5

• 3 : 1

• 35: 14