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For every  3  large popcorns sold there are  8  small popcorns sold.\u003Cbr>1) For every 2 boys on a softball team there are 9 girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls?\u003Cbr>2) In a neighborhood the ratio of old homes to new homes was 7:9 . For every   new homes in the neighborhood there were   old homes.\u003Cbr>3) At the thift store for every 5 short sleeve shirts there were 6 long sleeve shirts. What is the ratio of long sleeve shirts to short sleeve shirts?\u003Cbr>4) For every 5 rides at the fair there are 7 games. What is the ratio of rides to games?\u003Cbr>5) In a bag of candy the ratio of chocolate pieces to sugar pieces was 2:4 . For every   chocolate pieces there are   sugar pieces.\u003Cbr>6) At the pet store the ratio of dogs to cats was 3:7 . For every   dogs there are   cats.\u003Cbr>7) The ratio of males to females birds in a bird cage was 7:5 . For every   males there are   females.\u003Cbr>8) For every 9 onions on a burger there are 5 pickles. What is the ratio of pickles to onions?\u003Cbr>9) For every 2 trucks in a parking lot there are 4 cars. What is the ratio of cars to trucks in the parking lot?\u003Cbr>10) At an orchard the ratio of green apples to red apples was 4:2 . For every   red apples there were   green apples.\u003Cbr>11) At the store for every 7 books sold there were 5 movies sold. What is the ratio of books sold to movies sold?\u003Cbr>12) For every 7 hamburgers sold at the malt shop there are 3 hotdogs sold. What is the ratio of hotdogs sold to hamburgers sold? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>Ex.  3   8 \u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.    \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.  \u003Cbr>5.    \u003Cbr>6.    \u003Cbr>7.    \u003Cbr>8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.    \u003Cbr>11.  \u003Cbr>12.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>Math | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | 5 | 1-10\u003Cbr>11-12 | 92 | 83 | 75 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 42 | 33 | 25 | 17 |\n|  |  |  |  | 8 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nRatio Wording  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Ex) At the movie theater the ratio of small popcorns sold to large popcorns sold was\u003Cbr>8:3 . For every  3  large popcorns sold there are  8  small popcorns sold.\u003Cbr>1) For every 2 boys on a softball team there are 9 girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls?\u003Cbr>2) In a neighborhood the ratio of old homes to new homes was 7:9 . For every  9  new homes in the neighborhood there were  7  old homes.\u003Cbr>3) At the thift store for every 5 short sleeve shirts there were 6 long sleeve shirts. What is the ratio of long sleeve shirts to short sleeve shirts?\u003Cbr>4) For every 5 rides at the fair there are 7 games. What is the ratio of rides to games?\u003Cbr>5) In a bag of candy the ratio of chocolate pieces to sugar pieces was 2:4 . For every\u003Cbr> 2  chocolate pieces there are  4  sugar pieces.\u003Cbr>6) At the pet store the ratio of dogs to cats was 3:7 . For every  3  dogs there are\u003Cbr> 7  cats.\u003Cbr>7) The ratio of males to females birds in a bird cage was 7:5 . For every  7  males there are  5  females.\u003Cbr>8) For every 9 onions on a burger there are 5 pickles. What is the ratio of pickles to onions?\u003Cbr>9) For every 2 trucks in a parking lot there are 4 cars. 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