Mastering Ratios: Proportion Word Problems for Grade 6

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch that uses 8 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour will you need?

• 5.33 cups of flour

• 4 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

• 6 cups of flour

A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas will it need to travel 300 miles?

• 10 gallons

• 15 gallons

• 5 gallons

• 20 gallons

In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. If there are 36 boys, how many girls are there in the school?

• 45

• 30

• 40

• 50

A painter mixes red and blue paint in a ratio of 3:2. If he uses 12 liters of red paint, how much blue paint does he need?

• 10 liters

• 6 liters

• 4 liters

• 8 liters

A fruit basket contains apples and oranges in the ratio of 2:3. If there are 30 fruits in total, how many apples are there?

• 18

• 15

• 10

• 12

A recipe requires 4 eggs for every 5 cups of flour. If you want to use 20 cups of flour, how many eggs do you need?

• 12

• 8

• 20

• 16

A map has a scale of 1 inch to 50 miles. If two cities are 3 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?

• 150 miles

• 75 miles

• 200 miles

• 100 miles

In a class, the ratio of students who like math to those who like science is 3:4. If there are 21 students who like math, how many students like science?

• 24

• 30

• 32

• 28

A gardener plants flowers in a ratio of 5 red flowers to 3 yellow flowers. If he plants 40 red flowers, how many yellow flowers does he plant?

• 30 yellow flowers

• 36 yellow flowers

• 20 yellow flowers

• 24 yellow flowers

A recipe for cookies requires 2 cups of sugar for every 3 cups of flour. If you want to use 12 cups of flour, how much sugar do you need?

• 6 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of sugar

• 4 cups of sugar