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        WORD PROBLEMS--RATIOS #2--KEY      

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

1)	 Noah bought 27 apples.  He bought 19 red apples and some green		1) _8 green / 19 red_ _ 
 apples.  What is the ratio of green apples to red apples?                                         

2)	Sophia has 33 students in her class.  She has 19 boys in her class. 		2) _14 boys / 19 girls  _    
what is the ratio of boys to girls in her class?                                                                        

3)	Liam baked 31 oatmeal cookies and 24 sugar cookies.  What is the		3) _31 oatmeal / 55 total_        
ratio of oatmeal cookies to total cookies?                                                           

4)	The attendance at Isabella’s game was a total of 37 people.  13 people got	4) __24 paid / 37 total_        
in for free & the rest paid.  What is the ratio of paid tickets to total tickets?                                                           

5)	Emma spent $32 on school supplies and $121 on school clothes.  What is           5) $32 supplies / $153 clothes 
the ratio of dollars spent on supplies to total dollars?

6)	Dan spent 72 hours playing video games.  He spent 41 hours playing sports        6) __31 sports/ 41 action _        
and the rest on action games.  What’s the ratio of sports/action games?

7)	Alex bought 13 movie tickets.  11 were adult tickets and the rest were for           7) __2 kids / 13 total       
kids.  What is the ratio of kid’s tickets to total movie tickets?

8)	Abbie and her brother had a total of 9 cavities.  Her brother had 5 cavities.          8) __4 Abbie / 9 total_      
what is the ratio of Abbie’s cavities to total cavities?

9)	Michael got $23 in allowance this week and $15 in allowance last week.             9) __$15 last / $38 total_    
What is the ratio of last week’s allowance to total allowance for 2 weeks?

10)	Liz took 24 hours to finish a triathlon.  She spent an equal number                     10)  8 swimming / 8 biking_    
of hours swimming, running, and biking the triathlon.  What is the
ratio of biking hours to swimming hours?

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