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If there were 60 cows at the farm, how many horses were there? |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) A chess player won 63 of the games he played. If his ratio of wins to loses was 9 :\u003Cbr>2, how many games did he play total? |  |  |  |  | 2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) During a class election 28 people voted for candidate A. If there were 64 votes total, what is the ratio of votes for candidate B compared to candidate A? |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) During the lunch break a deli sold 21 large sodas. If the ratio of large sodas sold to small sodas sold was 7 : 6, how many small sodas were sold? |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) At a bake sale there were 10 raisin cookies sold. If the ratio of raisin cookies sold to oatmeal cookies sold was 5 : 4, what is the combined amount of raisin and oatmeal cookies sold? |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) A small school has 44 students. If 16 of the students are boys, what is the ratio of girls to boys? |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) A buffet offers ranch or caesar dressing. The ratio of ranch dressing used to caesar dressing used is 5 : 3. If the buffet uses 45 cases of ranch dressing, how many cases of caesar do they use? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) A farm had 81 cows. If the ratio of cows to horses was 9 : 8, what is the combined amount of cows and horses? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) John had 65 songs on his MP3 player. If he deleted 20 songs, what is the ratio of songs he kept to songs he deleted? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) During Christmas a book store sold 32 books. If the ratio of books to bookmarks sold was 4 : 1, how many bookmarks did the store sell? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\n[Math](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)[ www.CommonCoreSheets.com](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)[ 2](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)  \nUnderstanding Ratios  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>1) At a farm the ratio of cows to horses was 10 : 3. If there were 60 cows at the farm, how many horses were there? |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  18  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) A chess player won 63 of the games he played. If his ratio of wins to loses was 9 :\u003Cbr>2, how many games did he play total? |  |  |  |  | 2.  77  3.  9 : 7  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) During a class election 28 people voted for candidate A. If there were 64 votes total, what is the ratio of votes for candidate B compared to candidate A? |  |  |  |  | 4.  18  5.  18  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) During the lunch break a deli sold 21 large sodas. If the ratio of large sodas sold to small sodas sold was 7 : 6, how many small sodas were sold? |  |  |  |  | 6.  7 : 4  7.  27  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) At a bake sale there were 10 raisin cookies sold. If the ratio of raisin cookies sold to oatmeal cookies sold was 5 : 4, what is the combined amount of raisin and oatmeal cookies sold? |  |  |  |  | 8.  153  9.  9 : 4  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) A small school has 44 students. If 16 of the students are boys, what is the ratio of girls to boys? |  |  |  |  | 10.  8  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) A buffet offers ranch or caesar dressing. The ratio of ranch dressing used to caesar dressing used is 5 : 3. If the buffet uses 45 cases of ranch dressing, how many cases of caesar do they use? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) A farm had 81 cows. 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