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Basic Ratio Concepts Worksheet
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Basic Ratio Concepts Worksheet
Help Evie and Tomasz prepare a display for the history museum gift shop. A ratio compares amounts in a particular order. Show your thinking where you can.
Read and describe ratios
Write ratios in the same order as the items named.
1.The display has 4 red replica coins and 2 blue replica coins. What is the ratio of red coins to blue coins?
2.Tomasz lays out 3 notebooks and 5 pencils. Write the ratio of notebooks to pencils.
3.A label says the ratio of red replica coins to blue replica coins is 2 : 6. Complete the sentence: For every 2 red coins, there are blue coins.
4.Evie writes 3 : 2 for the ratio of notebooks to pencils. Is that the same as 2 : 3? Choose True or False and explain briefly.
Match the ratio to its meaning
Match each ratio with the sentence that describes it.
5.Match each ratio in the left column to the correct “for every” sentence in the right column.
- 5 : 1
- 2 : 3
- 4 : 4
- For every 5 notebooks, there is 1 pencil.
- For every 4 red coins, there are 4 blue coins.
- For every 2 notebooks, there are 3 pencils.
Use ratios to solve display problems
Use the museum display information in each question. Keep the order of the items clear.
6.A tray has 6 strawberry sweets and 3 lemon sweets for the gift-shop counter. Write the ratio of strawberry sweets to lemon sweets.
7.The museum café recipe uses 2 cups of flour for every 1 cup of sugar. Write the ratio of flour to sugar.
8.A box contains 8 pencils and 4 rubbers. Complete: For every _____ pencils, there are _____ rubbers. Then write the ratio of pencils to rubbers.
9.Evie arranges 4 red replica coins and 2 blue replica coins. Write the ratio of blue coins to red coins. How is it different from the ratio in Question 1?
10.Tomasz says that 4 : 4 means “for every 4 red coins, there are 4 blue coins”. How many coins are there altogether in one such group?
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