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        WORD PROBLEMS—SIMPLIFIED RATIOS #2--KEY      

Directions:  For each problem below, write the given ratio in simplest form.

1)	 Noah had 4 red marbles and 16 green marbles.  					1) _1 red / 4 green_ 
    Find the simplified ratio of red marbles to green marbles.       
                            
2)	Sophia has 15 boys and 18 girls in her class.				 	2) _5 boys / 11 total  _    
Find the simplified ratio of boys to total students.       

3)	Jacob spent 3 hours on math homework and 6 hours on science homework. 	3) _1 math / 2 total_        
Find the simplified ratio of math hours to science hours.       

4)	One hundred people attended Mike’s game.  80 were adults and 20 were kids.	4) _4 adults / 1 kid_        
Find the simplified ratio of adults to kids.       
                                                           
5)	For Olivia’s birthday, she got $20.  For the holidays she got $60.           		5) $1 b-day / $3 hol. 
Find the simplified ratio of birthday dollars to holiday dollars.       

6)	Mason used 3 cups of sugar to bake 48 cookies.				            6) _1 cup / 16 cookies_        
Find the simplified ratio of cups of sugar to cookies.       

7)	Isabella went to the movies and bought 8 adult tickets and 6 kid’s tickets.            7) __4 kids / 3 adult       
Find the simplified ratio of adult tickets to kid’s tickets.       

8)	Ava walked 4 miles, ran 8 miles, then biked 3 miles.  		                        8) __1 biked / 5 total_      
Find the simplified ratio of biked miles to total miles?

9)	William used 3 cups of water, a cup of sugar, and 18 lemons to make 13 cups     9)  1 cup  / 6 lemons_    
of lemonade.  Find the ratio of cups of water to lemons.

10)	Ethan scored 84 points in 12 games.					          10)  7 points / 1 game _    
Find the simplified ratio of points scored to games.

11)	John spent $26 on 13 notebooks.					                      11)   1 notebook  / $2 _    
Find the simplified ratio of notebooks to dollars.

12)	Mia bought 5 apples for $1 each, 3 oranges for $1 each, and a banana                12)   $1 / 1 piece of fruit _    
for $1.  Find the simplified ratio of total dollars spent to total pieces
 of fruit.

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