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        WORD PROBLEMS--RATIOS #1      

Directions:  For each problem below, write a ratio that is equivalent to the given ratio.

1)	 Carson bought 19 pizzas.  He bought 12 sausage pizzas and some 		1) _7 pepp. / 19 saus._ _ 
 pepperoni pizzas.  What is the ratio of pepperoni to sausage pizzas?                                         

2)	Tracey has 32 students in her class.  She has 21 boys in her class. 		2) _                              ____     
what is the ratio of boys to girls in her class?                                                                        

3)	Carlos baked 25 oatmeal cookies and 14 sugar cookies.  What is the		3) _                              ____        
ratio of oatmeal cookies to total cookies?                                                           

4)	The attendance at Isabella’s game was a total of 47 people.  19 people got	4) _                              ____        
in for free & the rest paid.  What is the ratio of paid tickets to total tickets?                                                           

5)	Julie spent $23 on school supplies and $125 on school clothes.  What is              5) _                              ____
the ratio of dollars spent on supplies to total dollars?

6)	Nick spent 92 hours playing video games.  He spent 41 hours playing sports       6) _                              ____        
and the rest on action games.  What’s the ratio of sports/action games?

7)	Jayden bought 15 movie tickets.  11 were adult tickets and the rest were for        7) _                              ____
kids.  What is the ratio of kid’s tickets to total movie tickets?

8)	Addison and her brother had a total of 7 cavities.  Her brother had 5 cavities.      8) _                              ____
what is the ratio of Addison’s cavities to total cavities?

9)	Jackson got $25 in allowance this week and $17 in allowance last week.             9) _                              ____   
What is the ratio of last week’s allowance to total allowance for 2 weeks?

10)	Hailey took 30 hours to finish a triathlon.  She spent an equal number               10)  _                             ____
of hours swimming, running, and biking the triathlon.  What is the
ratio of biking hours to swimming hours?

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