Equivalent and Comparing Ratios

Aiko has 5 shirts for every 3 pairs of pants. Her brother Haro has 7 shirts for every 4 pairs of pants. Complete the ratio tables to help you. Which sibling has the greater ratio of shirts to pants?

• Aiko

• Haro

Use to show whether the ratios are equivalent:
3:12 ___ 6:24

Every 5 days during the week, Morgan sleeps 40 hours. How long will it take him to sleep 200 hours?

• 5 days

• 10 days

• 15 days

• 25 days

Alice sleeps 50 hours every 6 days. Does Alice or Morgan (from problem 6) have a greater days to hours of sleep ratio?

• Morgan

• Alice

Jan makes a party punch that requires 2 gallons of orange juice for every 1/2 gallon of lemonade. Matt's favorite party punch recipe calls for 3 gallons of orange juice for every 2 gallons of pineapple juice. Which table below shows possible values for a table representing Jan's ratio?

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Jan makes a party punch that requires 2 gallons of orange juice for every 1/2 gallon of lemonade. Matt's favorite party punch recipe calls for 3 gallons of orange juice for every 2 gallons of pineapple juice. Which table below shows possible values for a table representing Matt's ratio?

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Find the missing part of the equivalent ratios.

• 42 miles

• 72 miles

• 62 miles

• 52 miles

For a recipe, Brutus uses 4 cups of sugar for every 5 cups of flour. Which of the following show equivalent ratios for sugar to flour?

What is an equivalent ratio?

• Two or more ratios with the same values

• Two or more ratios that have different values

• Two or more ratios that equal 1

• Two or more ratios that have a denominator of 1

Which ratio is equivalent to 5 to 4

• 25 to 20

• 10 to 12

• 4 to 5

• 15 to 8