Real-Life Proportions: Ratio Fun for Grade 6

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you want to use 6 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 5 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

• 4 cups of flour

• 2 cups of flour

A map shows that 1 inch represents 5 miles. If two cities are 15 miles apart, how many inches apart are they on the map?

• 5 inches

• 3 inches

• 2 inches

• 4 inches

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. If there are 20 boys, how many girls are there in the class?

• 25

• 30

• 15

• 20

A car travels 120 miles on 3 gallons of gas. How many miles can it travel on 5 gallons of gas?

• 220 miles

• 150 miles

• 180 miles

• 200 miles

If a recipe requires 3 eggs for every 4 servings, how many eggs are needed for 10 servings?

• 6

• 10

• 4

• 8

A fruit basket contains apples and oranges in the ratio of 2:3. If there are 12 apples, how many oranges are there?

• 12

• 20

• 18

• 15

A painter mixes blue and yellow paint in the ratio of 1:2. If he uses 4 cups of blue paint, how much yellow paint does he need?

• 6 cups of yellow paint

• 8 cups of yellow paint

• 10 cups of yellow paint

• 4 cups of yellow paint

In a school, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:15. If there are 30 teachers, how many students are there?

• 600

• 4500

• 450

• 300

A car can travel 240 miles on 8 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas will it need to travel 360 miles?

• 12 gallons

• 8 gallons

• 15 gallons

• 10 gallons

If a recipe is scaled up from 4 servings to 10 servings, and it originally requires 2 cups of rice, how much rice is needed for 10 servings?

• 4 cups

• 6 cups

• 3 cups

• 5 cups