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Explore ratios by comparing quantities and finding equivalent ratios. Show your working where needed.
Understanding Ratios
1.A stall has 3 baskets of apples and 5 baskets of pears. What is the ratio of apple baskets to pear baskets?
2.Hana arranges 4 green caps and 7 red caps for sale. Which ratio compares green caps with all the caps?
- 4:7
- 7:11
- 4:11
- 11:4
3.A tray holds 6 cheese rolls and 2 spinach rolls. Write the ratio of cheese rolls to spinach rolls in simplest form.
4.A market display has 8 pumpkins and 3 melons. How many pieces of produce are there altogether? Write the ratio of pumpkins to all pieces of produce.
Equivalent Ratios
5.Ana packs 2 jars of honey in each box. Complete the equivalent ratio: 2:1 = 6:.
6.Which ratio is equivalent to 3:4?
- 6:8
- 6:7
- 9:10
- 12:9
7.Fill in the missing number so the ratios are equivalent: 5:2 = :8.
8.Match each ratio to an equivalent ratio.
- 1:3
- 2:5
- 3:7
- 4:9
- 8:18
- 4:12
- 6:15
- 9:21
9.Hemi mixes 2 scoops of berry mix with 3 scoops of yoghurt. How many scoops of each are needed to make a batch twice as large?
Ratio Problem Solving
10.A farmers’ market stall sells 3 bunches of carrots for every 2 bunches of beetroot. If there are 12 bunches of carrots, how many bunches of beetroot are needed to keep the ratio the same?
11.A fruit crate contains apples and pears in the ratio 5:3. There are 24 pieces of fruit altogether. How many are apples and how many are pears?
12.A recipe uses 4 cups of flour for every 3 cups of oats. True or false: a double batch uses 8 cups of flour and 6 cups of oats.
TrueFalse
13.A stall displays yellow and purple flowers in the ratio 2:5. If there are 21 flowers altogether, how many are yellow and how many are purple?
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