Basic Ratios

In a box of sweets ¹/₂ of the sweets are gold. The rest are purple.

What is the ratio of gold sweets to purple sweets?

• 1 : 1

• 1 : 2

• 2 : 1

• 1 : 3

What fraction of the sweets are red?

• ⁵/₂

• ²/₅

• ²/₇

• ⁵/₇

What is the ratio of red apples to green apples

• 7 apples to 3 green

• 4 red apples to 7 apples

• 4 red apples to 3 green apples

• 3 green apples to 4 red apples

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

Ten soccer players were going to a soccer tournament with their three coaches. What is the ratio of coaches to players? 

• 10 : 3

• 10:13

• 3 : 10

• 3:13

To disinfect 1 quart of stream water to make it drinkable, you need to add 2 tablets of iodine. How many tablets do you need to disinfect 4 quarts?

• 4 tablets

• 5 tablets

• 6 tablets

• 8 tablets

Luz earns $400 for 40 hours of work. Use a ratio table to determine how much she earns for 6 hours of work.

• $60.00

• $20.00

• $40.00

• $10.00

What are three ways to write a ratio for the amount of dogs compared to the number of cats.

• 7:11

• 11:7

• 11 to 7

• 11/7

• 12 to 7

A bag of marbles comes with 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of red to yellow?

• 2 to 5

• 5 to 3

• 3 to 5

• 5 to 2

In a certain apartment building, the ratio of tenants to cars is 3:5. If there are 30 tenants, how many cars are there?

• 35

• 60

• 18

• 50