Ratio

Master ratios and proportions! Fun examples make learning easy. Practice identifying and writing ratios.

Fill in the blanks in the following definitions. A ratiois a comparison between two quantities. Ordermatters!A proportionis an equationthat show two equivalentratios. Sort the following ratios to match the question. If there are 10 boys and 13 girls in class, what is the ratio of boys to girls? 10 to 13 10 : 13 10 There are 10 cookies and 13 muffins. What is the ratio of muffins to cookies? 13 13:10 13 to 10 There are 14 chairs to 7 tables in my room. What are the following ratios? Chairs to tables? 14 : 7 Tables to Chairs 7 to 14 Tables to total piece of furniture 7 total pieces of furniture to chairs 21 to 7 A 6 foot tent is standing next to a 80 foot tree. What is the ratio of the tree height to the tent height? 6 to 80 80 to 6 40:3 For every 8 dogs at the pet shelter, there are 5 cats? What is the ratio of cats to dogs? 8:5 8 to 13 13 to 8 5 to 8 In a bag of candy, there are 13 pieces of chocolate and 19 pieces sugar candy. What is the total ratio of candy to chocolate? 13 to 19 19 : 13 22 13 Fill in the blanks. Use numbers only. Do not type in the word. At a movie theater, the ratio of small popcorns to large popcorns sold was 5:8. For every 5 small popcorn sold, there are 8 large popcorns sold. Fill in the blanks. Use numbers only. Do not type in the word. The ratio of cars to trucks in the parking lot was 3:2. For every 2 trucks, there were 3 cars.