MIXED RATIO PROBLEMS 6:3 - Ratio problems for solving

Oct 22, 2026

Practice set of mixed ratio problems using the 6:3 ratio theme across six word-style math questions. Includes real-world scenarios such as bird feeder visitors, ocean clean-up collections, baking with a sugar-to-flour ratio, rainforest animals with monkey-to-parrot counts, a pizza party serving ratio, and a map scale problem. The answers show simplification, scaling by equal “lots,” proportional multiplication, and conversion of ratios into per-unit quantities.

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Mixed Ratio Problems 6:3

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MIXED RATIO PROBLEMS 6:3 | 1. Bird Feeder Visitors
At a bird feeder, 24 sparrows and 18 starlings show up. What is the simplified ratio of sparrows to starlings? | | | | --- | --- | --- | | 2. Ocean Clean-Up Crew
A team collects trash from the beach in a ratio of 5 plastic pieces to every 3 metal pieces.
If they manage to collect a total of 96 pieces of plastic and metal trash, how many pieces of each do they collect?
| | | | 3. Let’s Bake
A cookie recipe has a sugar to flour ratio of 3:4. | | | | a) If I want to bake several batches of cookies and use 12 cups of sugar, how much flour do I need?
b) How much sugar is used for each cup of flour? | | | | 4. Rainforest Animals
In a rainforest exhibit, the ratio of monkeys to parrots is 3:4 .
If the zoo wants to keep the same ratio but increase the
number of monkeys to 24, how many parrots should they have? | | | | 5. Pizza Party
Tyger is having a pizza party. He buys 7 pizza for every 5 guests.
a) How many guests will 42 pizza serve?
b) How much pizza is he allowing per person? | | | | 6) Let’s get mapping
A map has a scale of 5 inches : 4 miles.
a) How many inches is 32 miles on the map?
b) How many inches are there for each mile on the map?
| | | MIXED RATIO PROBLEMS 6:3 ANSWERS | 1. Bird Feeder Visitors
At a bird feeder, 24 sparrows and 18 starlings show up. What is the simplified ratio of sparrows to starlings? | | Sparrows to starlings ratio is 24:18
= 12:9
= 4:3 | | --- | --- | --- | | 2. Ocean Clean-Up Crew
A team collects trash from the beach in a ratio of 5 plastic pieces to every 3 metal pieces.
If they manage to collect a total of 96 pieces of plastic and metal trash, how many pieces of each do they collect?
| | 5 Plastic : 3 metal
8 pieces of trash
96 ÷ 8 = 12 lots
5 x 12 = 60
3 x 12 = 36
60 plastic : 36 metal | | 3. Let’s Bake
A cookie recipe has a sugar to flour ratio of 3:4 .
a) If I want to bake several batches of cookies and use 12 cups of sugar, how much flour do I need?
b) How much sugar is used for each cup of flour?
| | a) 3 sugar : 4 flour
→ multiply by 4 = 12 sugar : 16 flour
We need 16 cups of flour.
b) 3:4 = ¾ : 1
¾ cup of sugar per cup of flour | | 4. Rainforest Animals
In a rainforest exhibit, the ratio of monkeys to parrots is 3:4 .
If the zoo wants to keep the same ratio but increase the
number of monkeys to 24, how many parrots should they have? | | 3 monkeys : 4 parrots
➔ Multiply by 8
24 monkeys : 32 parrots They need 32 parrots. | | 5. Pizza Party
Tyger is having a pizza party. He buys 7 pizza for every 5 guests.
a) How many guests will 42 pizza serve?
b) How much pizza is he allowing per person? | | a) 7 pizza : 5 guests
➔ Multiply by 6
42 pizza : 30 guests It will serve 30 guests.
b) 7:5 = 7/5 : 1
There will be 7/5 (or 1 ⅖) pizza per guest | | 6) Let’s get mapping
A map has a scale of 5 inches : 4 miles.
a) How many inches is 32 miles on the map?
b) How many inches are there for each mile on the map?
| | a) 5 in : 4 miles
→ multiply by 8
40 in : 32 miles
32 miles is 40 inches
b) 5:4 = 5/4 : 1
There will be 1 ¼ inches for each mile. |

FAQs

What does “mixed ratio” mean in this worksheet?

Each problem pairs quantities in a ratio (such as plastic-to-metal or monkeys-to-parrots) and then uses proportional scaling to find missing amounts or per-unit values.

How do you solve the bird feeder ratio question?

Compute the ratio sparrows to starlings from 24 and 18, then simplify by dividing both parts by the same factor to get 4:3.

How is the map scale problem solved?

Use the scale 5 inches to 4 miles, scale the ratio to 32 miles, and convert the result into inches by proportional multiplication, giving 40 inches total and 1 1/4 inches per mile.

Oct 22, 2026

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