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I.  Understanding Ratio Relationships

A.  Determine whether each statement represents additive reasoning or multiplicative reasoning.

1. Ellie’s plant has grown a total of 8 inches, 2. Juan has 7 apples, and Latanya has
and Lin’s plant has grown a total of 4 times as many, or 28 apples.
9 inches. Lin’s has grown more than Ellie’s.

3. Melanie is 8 years old, and Justin is 4 years 4. Tim ran 15 laps, which was 3 times as
older than Melanie. many laps as Nathan ran.

5. The Hawks scored 20 points in the first 6. The temperature was 70 degrees
half of the game. The team scored twice Fahrenheit. It rose 3 degrees in one hour.
as many points in the second half of the
game.

B.  Nina buys a variety box of cereal bars. The box contains 5 blueberry bars, 3 strawberry
bars, and 2 apple bars. Write the ratio that represents each relationship in words, in colon
form, and in fractional form.

1. strawberry bars to blueberry bars 2. apple bars to blueberry bars

3. strawberry bars to total bars 4. apple bars to total bars

5. blueberry bars to total bars 6. apple bars to strawberry bars

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C.  Write a part-to-part and a part-to-whole ratio for each problem situation.

1. Of the 200 students surveyed in 5th 2. Serena’s book collection contains

grade, 120 prefer bananas and 80 prefer 23 fiction books and 4 non-fiction books.
apples.

3. Of the 100 students surveyed, 53 prefer 4. Of the 100 students surveyed, 42 prefer
to watch football and 42 prefer to watch to play basketball and 28 prefer to play
baseball. hockey.

5. Kata’s movie collection consists of 6. Juanita received a bouquet of 2 dozen

45 action movies and 31 comedy movies. roses. In the bouquet, 12 were red and
12 were pink.

7. Wei planted 15 daffodils and 14 day-lilies 8. Of the 31 students surveyed, 19 prefer

in her garden. white bread. The remaining students
prefer wheat bread.

9. Of the 400 students surveyed, 139 packed 10. Emilio’s vegetable garden consists of
lunch and 261 bought lunch from the 8 tomato plants and 3 zucchini plants.
school cafeteria.

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11. Of the 250 students surveyed, 142 prefer 12. Raul collected the mail from his mailbox.
carrots and 97 prefer peas. It contains 3 catalogues and 2 bills.

II.  Problem Solving with Equivalent Ratios and Rates using Double
Number Lines
A.  Use a double number line to answer each question.

1. Yuko is making pancakes. The double 2. Teresa is mixing red paint and blue paint
number line shows the ratio flour : eggs. to create a shade of purple paint. The
If Yuko accidentally uses 3 eggs instead of double number line shows the ratio red
2 eggs, how much flour should he use? paint : blue paint. If Teresa has 75 ounces
of red paint, how much blue paint does
she need?

3 Red Paint 12
Flour (cups)
(oz)
Blue Paint
Eggs
(oz) 8
2

3. Pedro is going on a school field trip. 4. Ling is conducting a survey outside of

The double number line shows the ratio a grocery store. The double number
students : chaperones. If 32 students line shows the ratio of customers using
are going on the field trip, how many reusable shopping bags to customers
chaperones must also go on the trip? using plastic bags on a typical day. If there
are 50 customers that use plastic bags,
how many use reusable shopping bags?

24 15
Students Plastic Bags

Chaperones Reusable Bags

3 3

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5. Aiko is planting a flower garden. The 6. Marcus is exercising. The double number
double number Iine shows the ratio line shows the ratio of calories burned to
of daisies to blue bells. If Aiko plants time. If Marcus exercises for 45 minutes,
16 daisies, how many blue bells will she how many calories will he burn?
plant?
12 Calories 112
Daisies
Burned
Time
Blue Bells
9 (minutes)
20

III.  Problem Solving with Equivalent Ratios and Rates using Tables
A.  Complete each ratio table. Show your calculations.

1. Yellow paint (oz)  8 16 2. Yellow paint (oz) 1 2 10

Blue paint (oz) 4 8 16 Red paint (oz) 6 60

3. Red paint (oz) 1 50 100 4. Green paint (oz) 15 30

Blue paint (oz) 20 400 White paint (oz) 5 25 75

5. White paint (oz) 2 6 8 6. White paint (oz) 1  3

Red paint (oz) 3 36 Purple paint (oz) 30 40 60

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B.  Complete the ratio table to answer each question. Show your calculations.

1. Alberto is in charge of making lunch at 2. Shawna is mixing red and white paint to
a summer camp. He knows that 3 tuna create a shade of pink to paint her room.
casseroles will serve 15 campers. How After experimenting, Shawna decides that
many tuna casseroles should Alberto make the perfect shade of pink is created by
to serve 35 campers? mixing 3 ounces of red paint and 1 ounce
of white paint. How much red and white
Casseroles 1  3 paint does Shawna need to make 1 gallon
Campers 15 30 35 of pink paint? (1 gallon 5 128 fluid ounces)

Pink Paint (oz) 128

Red Paint (oz) 3
White Paint (oz) 1

3. Perry is responsible for distributing soccer 4. Leon is bringing boxes of fruit snacks to
balls to the kids at soccer camp. During class for a holiday party at school. Leon
practice, Perry would like each group of knows that 2 boxes of fruit snacks will
5 children to share two soccer balls. How serve 11 students. How many boxes of
many soccer balls does Perry need if 25 fruit snacks does Leon need to serve 33
kids attend camp? students?

Soccer balls 2 Boxes 2

Children 5 20 25 Students 11 22 33

5. Eva is planting flowers in her garden. Each 6. Olivia is celebrating her birthday at a
variety pack of bulbs contains 4 lilies and 6 movie theater. She invites 12 friends for
dahlias. How many dahlias will Eva plant if a movie and popcorn. She is told that 1
she plants 12 lilies? large bucket of popcorn can be shared by
3 people. How many buckets of popcorn
Lilies 4 8 12 does Olivia need?
Dahlias 6
Buckets of popcorn 1
People 3 9 12

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IV.  Problem Solving with Equivalent Ratios and Rates using Graphs
A.  Create a graph that represents the values shown in each ratio table.

1. Weight (pounds) 1 2  4  5 2. Distance (miles) 25 75 125 175

Cost (dollars) 3 6 12 15 Time (hours)  1  3    5   7

3. Calories 80 160 240 320 4. Data (Mb) 10 100 150 200

Time (minutes) 15   30   45   60 Time (seconds)  1  10   15   20

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5. Distance (miles) 1.5  3 4.5  6 6. Height (feet) 6 30 36 60

Time (minutes) 15 30 45 60 Time (minutes) 1  5  6 10

B.  Use the given graph to answer each question.

1. Serena is driving to the mountains for a 2. Cisco is exercising. The graph shows the
summer camping trip. She is traveling at ratio calories burned : time for Cisco.
a constant rate of 45 miles per hour. The How many calories did Cisco burn in
graph shows the ratio time : distance. How 30 minutes?
far has Serena traveled after 4 hours?

y Distance Traveled by Serena y Calories Burned Exercising

200 200

150 150
Calories Burned
Distance (miles)

100 100

50 50

x x
0 0
2 4 6 8 10 15 30 45 60
Time (hours) Time (minutes)

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3. Manuel is biking at a constant rate. 4. Jose is climbing a challenging section of

The graph shows the ratio time : distance. a mountain. The graph shows the ratio
How long did it take Manuel to bike 4 time : distance climbed. How far did Jose
miles? climb after 10 minutes?

y Distance Biked by Manuel y Distance Climbed by Jose

10 100

8
75

Distance Climbed (feet)

Distance (miles)

50
4

25
2

x x
0 0
15 30 45 60 5 10 15 20
Time (minutes) Time (minutes)

5. Sofia is grocery shopping. Oranges are 6. Hector is grocery shopping. Bananas

on sale. The graph shows the ratio are on sale. The graph shows the ratio
cost : weight. How much will it cost Sofia cost : weight. If Hector wants to spend
to purchase 4 pounds of oranges? $2, how many pounds of bananas can he
purchase?

y Cost of Oranges y Cost of Bananas

5 4

4
3
Cost (dollars)

Cost (dollars)

2
2

1
1

x x
0 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Weight (pounds) Weight (pounds)

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