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Real-World Ratios Worksheet
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Real-World Ratios Worksheet
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Quick Checks
1. In a snack pack there are 15 almonds and 10 cashews. Which choice shows this ratio almonds : cashews in simplest form?
15 : 10
3 : 2
2 : 3
5 : 6
2. On a school bus there are 12 girls and 8 boys. Which expression correctly gives the fraction of students who are girls and its decimal?
12/20 = 0.6
8/12 = 0.66...
12/8 = 1.5
4/5 = 0.45
3. Compare rates: Sarah runs 3 miles in 30 minutes. Tom runs 4 miles in 48 minutes. Who runs at the faster rate (miles per minute)?
Sarah
Tom
They run at the same rate
4. Check all that are equivalent to the ratio 4 : 6.
2 : 3
8 : 12
4/6
6 : 4
✏️ Part 2: Short Answer & Real-World Tables
5. School lunch choices today: Pizza 40, Salad 25, Chicken 35.
a) Write the ratio pizza : salad in simplest form.
b) Write pizza : total students simplified, then convert that ratio to a decimal and a percent.
6. Recipe scaling: A cookie recipe uses a ratio of 2 cups sugar : 5 cups flour to make 20 cookies.
a) How many cups of sugar and flour are needed to make 50 cookies? Show your work and write the scaled ratio sugar : flour.
7. Map and interpretation: A map scale shows 1 inch : 25 miles.
a) If two towns are 3.2 inches apart on the map, how many miles apart are they?
b) Explain in words what the ratio 1 : 25 means for this map.
8. Sports stats: A soccer team scored 18 goals in 12 games.
a) Write the ratio goals : games in simplest form.
b) Find the average goals per game as a decimal and explain what that decimal represents in context.
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