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        WORD PROBLEMS—SIMPLIFIED RATIOS #1      

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

1)	 Liam had 3 red marbles and 9 green marbles.  					1) _       1 red / 3 green     _ 
    Find the simplified ratio of red marbles to green marbles.       
                            
2)	Tracey has 12 boys and 20 girls in her class.				 	2) _                              ____    
Find the simplified ratio of boys to total students.       

3)	Carlos spent 2 hours on math homework and 8 hours on science homework. 	3) _                              ____
Find the simplified ratio of math hours to science hours.       

4)	One hundred people attended Nick’s game.  60 were adults and 40 were kids.	4) _                              ____
Find the simplified ratio of adults to total people.       
                                                           
5)	For Mary’s birthday, she got $20.  For the holidays she got $30.           		5) _                              ____
Find the simplified ratio of birthday dollars to holiday dollars.       

6)	Nick used 2 cups of sugar to bake 30 cookies.				            6) _                              ____
Find the simplified ratio of cups of sugar to cookies.       

7)	Jayden went to the movies and bought 6 adult tickets and 8 kid’s tickets.             7) _                              ____
Find the simplified ratio of adult tickets to kid’s tickets.       

8)	Addison walked 3 miles, ran 3 miles, then biked 4 miles.  		                        8) _                              ____
Find the simplified ratio of biked miles to total miles?

9)	Jackson used 6 cups of water, a cup of sugar, and 12 lemons to make 13 cups     9)  _                           _____    
of lemonade.  Find the ratio of cups of water to lemons.

10)	Terrell scored 56 points in 7 games.					          10)  _                            ____
Find the simplified ratio of points scored to games.

11)	Jonathan spent $39 on 13 notebooks.					          11)   _                         _____    
Find the simplified ratio of notebooks to dollars.

12)	Ashley bought 2 apples for $1 each, 3 oranges for $2 each, and a banana           12)   _                         _____    
for $1.  Find the simplified ratio of total dollars spent to total pieces
 of fruit.

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