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COMPARING RATIOS #4--KEY

Directions: Compare each pair of ratios below. Use < , >, or  =  to show if the first ratio is “less than” , “greater than” , or “equal to” the second ratio.  Remember, a thumb is also counted as one of your five fingers.

1)	 Thumbs to Total Pics vs. Smiles to Frowns		2)  Thumbs to Eyes vs. Smiles to Faces

                    7/15	          <             3/3			              7/14	          =             3/6

3)	Hands to Fingers vs. Faces to Eyes			4)  Left Hands to Total Hands vs. Frowns to Eyes

                    7/35	          <             6/14			              2/7	          >             3/14

5)	Right Hands to Total Hands  vs. Thumbs to Fingers	6)  Frowns to Smiles vs. Eyes to Thumbs Up

                    5/7	          >             7/35			              3/3	          <             14/12

7)	Thumbs Up to Thumbs Down vs. Smiles to Eyes	8)  Total Pics to Eyes vs. Total Pics to Fingers

                    2/5	          >             3/14			              15/14	          >             15/35

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9)	Squares to Cylinders vs. Prime #s to Evens		10)  Circles to Shapes vs. Multiples of 2 to Numbers

                    2/3	          <             6/8			              7/15	          <             8/13

11)	3’s to Factors of 8 vs. Pentagons to Odds			12)  Composite #s to Evens vs. 3’s to 8’s

                    3/8	          <             3/5			              7/8	          <             3/3

13)	4’s and 5’s to 6’s and 8’s vs. Odds to Evens		14)  3’s to Factors of 9 vs. 4’s to Multiples of 4

                    3/4	          >             5/8			              3/4	          >             2/5

15)	Numbers to Shapes vs. Cylinders to Odds		16)  Two-digit #’s to 4’s vs. 3’s to Cylinders

                    13/15	          >             3/5			              0/2	          <             3/3

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