Ratios Table Questions

Use the multiplication table. Which of the ratios is not equivalent to 15 : 18?

• 10 : 14

• 5 : 6

• 20 : 24

• 30 : 36

A person working at a department store compared the number of Supreme shoes to the total number of shoes on display in the men’s, women’s, and children’s sections. The ratios for the three sections are equivalent. Complete the table.

• 20, 63

• 16, 81

• 24, 54

• 8, 18

A teacher is writing a test. She wants the ratio of the number of easy questions to the total number of questions to be 21 : 24. If the teacher wants less than 21 easy questions on the test, how many easy questions should she write?

• 7

• 3

• 5

• 21

The ratio for a team's number of games won to games played is 17 : 20. Select the correct form of this ratio as a fraction and decimal.

• 17/20, 0.85

• 20/17, 1.18

• 17/20, 0.80

• 17/20, 0.75

In a desk drawer, the ratio of blue-colored paper clips to all paper clips is 0.56. Write the ratio as a fraction in simplest form.

• 14/25

• 28/50

• 56/100

• 56/1000

In a recent student government election, the ratio of students who voted for the winner to all the students who voted was 0.65. The number of students who voted was 80. How many votes did the winner get?

• 52

• 50

• 62

• 48

The table shows the amounts of some ingredients needed for a brownie recipe. Find the amounts of ingredients needed to make 3 batches of brownies.

• 6, 9, 18

• 5, 6, 9

• 3, 4, 5

• 6, 9, 16

The ratio of ketchup to mayonnaise for Russian dressing is 5 : 8. The total for both ingredients is 52 tablespoons. How many tablespoons of each ingredient are used? There are ____ tablespoons of ketchup and ____ tablespoons of mayonnaise.

• 20, 32

• 32, 20

• 26, 26

• 25, 27

In Mr. Isaacs's 5th grade class, 24 out of 28 students purchase lunch from the school cafeteria. How many students out of every 14 purchase their lunch?

Out of every 14 students, _____ purchased their lunch.

• 12

• 18

• 30

• 36

Jeff has 2 hamsters and 1 gerbil. What is the ratio of gerbils to hamsters?

• 2 to 1

• 1 to 2

• 1 to 3

• 2 to 3