Name: Rate, Ratio, Proportion 1.

Equivalent ratios are found by adding or subtracting multiplying or dividing the terms of a ratio by the same number (excluding zero). 2. State an equivalent ratio for 4:6 that is: a) 2x larger: __________ b) 3x larger: __________ c) 4x larger: __________ d) 5x larger: __________ 3. State how many times larger each ratio is than 3:2. Choose from 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x. a) 9:6 is ____ larger than 3:2. c) 12:8 is ____ larger than 3:2. 4. Circle the ratios that are equivalent to 2:6. a) 1:3 5. b) 3:1 c) 4:8 d) 4:12 e) 6:15 f) 8:24 b) 15:10 is ____larger than 3:2. d) 6:4 is ____ larger than 3:2.

Make each ratio equivalent, then check off how many times larger it has been made. Eg.) 1:2 =

:8

___1x ___2x ____3x ____4x ____5x larger.

___1x ___1x ___1x ___1x ___2x ___2x ___2x ___2x ____3x ____3x ____3x ____3x ____4x ____4x ____4x ____4x ____5x larger. ____5x larger. ____5x larger. ____5x larger.

a) 6:9 = ____:18 b) 6:4 = 18:____ c) 8:5 = ____: 25 d) 7:3 = 28: ____

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Ratios 1
1. Write the ratios.

a. ratio of boys to girls b. ratio of boys to all c. ratio of girls to all

d. ratio of circles to squares e. ratio of squares to all f. ratio of squares to hearts to circles

2. Look at the picture of triangles and circles. Assuming the ratio of triangles to circles remains the same, answer the questions: How many circles would there be a. for 9 triangles b. for 15 triangles c. for 300 triangles How many triangles would there be d. for 8 circles e. for 20 circles f. for 1,800 circles

3. Look at the picture of squares, circles, and hearts. Assuming the ratio of squares to circles to hearts remains the same, fill in the blanks on the table below. Squares 3 Circles 1 Hearts 2 All 6 30 72 120 4. The ratio of green shirts to blue shirts is 3:5. a) What is the ratio of green shirts to all shirts? b) If there are 15 green shirts, how many blue shirts are there? c) If there are 80 shirts in all, how many of them are green and how many blue? 5. In a school there are 768 students and 32 teachers. What is the ratio teachers : students ? Express it in lowest terms.

6. In special education, the teacher : student ratio is 1:13. How many teachers are needed for 1,700 special education students?

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Ratios and Proportions

1. The word problem below is solved in two ways. Continue both solutions. A 500-cm stick is to be divided into two pieces so that the lengths of the pieces are in the ratio 2:5. How long are the pieces? 2x 5x 500 z 500 z 500 z = 500 z 2 5

(i) 2x + 5x = 500

(ii)

2. Solve the proportions. 4 15 = a. x 55

b.

5a 2 = 7 11

c.

x+4 5 = 5 12

d.

4x 5 = x+5 8

e.

x2 x+6 = 12 10

f.

3 3 = y9 y+5

3. Jack and Jill shared the salary of $800 so that their salaries were in the ratio 3:7. Find each person's salary. 4. Mary worked 7 hours and Michael worked 11 hours on a job. How should they divide the salary of $200? 5. Liz owns 20 acres of a 90-acre plot, and her brother Les owns the rest. How should they divide a $300 additional tax on the land? 6. Melinda, Marsha, and Joanna paid an extra $35 fee for a suitcase on an airline. Of its contents, 12 lb was Melinda's, 17 lb was Marsha's, and 21 lb was Joanna's. How should they divide the fee? (Hint: Use method (i) of problem 1.)

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Solving Proportions
Solve each proportion. 1) 10 n = 8 10 2) 7 x = 5 3

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3)

9 x = 6 10

4)

7 8 = n 7

5)

4 8 = 3 x

6)

7 10 = b+5 5

7)

6 9 = b1 7

8)

4 8 = m8 2

9)

5 7n + 9 = 6 9

10)

4 r3 = 9 6

11)

7 b = 9 b 10

12)

9 6 = k7 k

13)

4 7 = n+2 n

14)

n 2 = n3 3

15)

x3 9 = x 10

16)

5 8 = r9 r+5

17)

p + 10 8 = p7 9

18)

2 n+4 = 8 n4

19)

n5 2 = n+8 7

20)

n6 9 = n7 2