📚 Part 1: Learn About Ratios

A ratio compares two quantities. The order matters: a ratio of 3 red counters to 5 blue counters is different from 5 red counters to 3 blue counters.

Ratios can be written in three ways: 3:5, 3 to 5, or 3/5. The words tell you what is being compared first and second.

✏️ Part 2: Practice Ratios

✅ Answer Key — Page 2

1. 4:6. The ratio names red pencils first and blue pencils second.

2. 3:2, 3 to 2, and 3/2. Each form compares 3 apples with 2 granola bars.

3. There are 2 basketballs for every 5 soccer balls. The order follows the words “basketballs to soccer balls.”

4. 1. The phrase “for every 4 crackers” matches 1 cheese stick.

5. 7 to 3. Books are listed first, followed by plants.

6. 5:8. The ratio compares yellow counters to green counters.

7. 6 to 4. The words match the order “blue jerseys to white jerseys.”

8. 2/5. The fraction compares 2 notebooks with 5 pencils.

9. 6:9. Fruit snacks are named first, so 6 comes first.

10. two; order. A ratio compares two quantities, and the order matters.