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If the ratio of books to bookmarks sold was 6 : 1, how many bookmarks did the store sell? |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) A small school has 14 boys. If the ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 5, how many, students are there total? |  |  |  |  |  | 2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | A video game had 91 levels in it. If you beat 28 of the levels, what is the ratio of levels left to the levels that have been beaten? |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | In one day a movie store rented out 45 comedies. If the ratio of comedies rented to action movies rented was 9 : 2, how many action movies were rented? |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A student finished 8 of her homework problems in class. If the ratio of problems she finished to problems she still had left was 4 : 1, how many homework problems did she have total? |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | At a carnival Kaleb bought 22 tickets. If he used 6 tickets trying to win the ring toss game, what is the ratio of tickets he has to tickets he's used? |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | At the carnival, the ratio of people who won the ring toss game to lost it was 5 : 3. If 20 people won, how many people would have lost? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | Edward was playing 'Connect Four' with a friend. The ratio of games he won to games he lost was 7 : 2, if he won 42 games, how many games did they play total? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | For homework, a student had to complete 28 problems total. If she finished 7 problems in class, what is the ratio of problems she still needs to complete to problems that she's already finished? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | At an ice cream shop the ratio of sugar cones sold to waffle cones sold is 6 : 5. If there are 30 sugar cones sold, how many waffles cones would be sold? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 |  | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\n[Math](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 3)[ www.CommonCoreSheets.com](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 3)[ 3](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 3)  \nUnderstanding Ratios  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>1) During Christmas a book store sold 54 books. If the ratio of books to bookmarks sold was 6 : 1, how many bookmarks did the store sell? |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  9  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | A small school has 14 boys. If the ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 5, how many, students are there total? |  |  |  |  | 2.  24  3.  9 : 4  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | A video game had 91 levels in it. If you beat 28 of the levels, what is the ratio of levels left to the levels that have been beaten? |  |  |  |  | 4.  10  5.  10  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | In one day a movie store rented out 45 comedies. If the ratio of comedies rented to action movies rented was 9 : 2, how many action movies were rented? |  |  |  |  | 6.  8 : 3 \u003Cbr>7.  12  8. 54 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A student finished 8 of her homework problems in class. If the ratio of problems she finished to problems she still had left was 4 : 1, how many homework problems did she have total? |  |  |  |  | 9.  3 : 1  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | At a carnival Kaleb bought 22 tickets. If he used 6 tickets trying to win the ring toss game, what is the ratio of tickets he has to tickets he's used? |  |  |  |  | 10.  25  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | At the carnival, the ratio of people who won the ring toss game to lost it was 5 : 3. If 20 people won, how many people would have lost? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | Edward was playing 'Connect Four' with a friend. The ratio of games he won to games he lost was 7 : 2, if he won 42 games, how many games did they play total? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n","cbCaijTmDVyb9fMk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijTmDVyb9fMk","pdf",44609,"English","# Solve Each Problem\n## Ratio Word Problems\n## Answer Key","[{\"question\":\"How do you find the number of bookmarks when the books-to-bookmarks ratio is given?\",\"answer\":\"Use the ratio 6:1 to determine how many bookmarks correspond to the 54 books. 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