Proportions

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

There are 60 cookies and 10 cupcakes leftover at a bake sale. What is the ratio of cupcakes to cookies? Your answer It must be in simplest form.

• 6 to 1

• 1:6

• 30:5

• 14:56

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

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

What is the constant of proportionality (in miles per hour) based on the table?

• 45

• 90

• 135

• 2

If the ratio of cats to dogs is 3:4, how many cats are there if there are 20 dogs?

• 15 cats

• 25 cats

• 30 cats

• 10 cats

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

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

• 2.5 cups milk

• 1.75 cups milk

• 2 cups flour

• 2.25 cups milk

Which is NOT equivalent to 3:5?

• 15:25

• 9:15

• 21:28

• 30:50