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Extra Practice
Understand Ratios
1. Amy has 5 chocolates and 7 pieces of bubble 2. Lily’s colored-pencil box has 2 red pencils and
gum in her candy jar. Dan has 3 chocolates and 5 blue pencils. Joseph’s box has 1 red pencil
5 pieces of bubble gum in his candy jar. Amy and 4 blue pencils. Lily thinks that the ratio of
thinks that the ratio of chocolates to bubble red pencils to blue pencils is the same for both
gum in both candy jars is the same, because boxes, because they each have 3 more blue
they each have 2 more pieces of bubble gum pencils than red pencils. Is the same ratio of red
than chocolate. Is the same ratio of chocolates pencils to blue pencils maintained? Justify your
to bubble gum maintained? Justify your response. (Example 1)
response. (Example 1) no; Sample answer: Lily’s ratio is 2:5, and
no; Sample answer: Amy’s ratio is 5:7, and Joseph’s is 1:4.
Dan’s ratio is 3:5.

3. In a trivia game, Matteo scores a total of 1 point 4. Logan packs 5 shirts and 4 pairs of pants for a
during his first 3 turns. He scores 1 point on trip. His brother packs 7 shirts and 4 pairs of
each of his next 2 turns. Matteo reasons that pants. Logan reasons that because they both
because he added 2 to both the total number have the same number of pants, the ratios of
of turns and the number of points, the ratio of shirts to pants are the same. Is he correct?
points to total turns remained the same. Is he Justify your response. (Example 1)
correct? Justify your response. (Example 1) no; Sample answer: Logan’s ratio is 5:4, and
no; Sample answer: His original ratio was 1:3, his brother’s is 7:4. The ratios are not the
and his new ratio is 3:5. The ratios are not the same.
same.

5. Maria has 1 comic book and 3 poetry books in 6. Suri has 4 one-dollar bills and 6 five-dollar bills
her bookbag. Then she gets 2 more comic in her purse. She then gets 1 more of each type
books and 2 more poetry books. She reasons of bill. She reasons that because she added
that because she added the same number of 1 bill of each kind, the ratio of one- to five-
both kinds of books, the ratio of poetry to dollar bills remained the same. Is she correct?
comic books remained the same. Is she correct? Justify your response. (Example 1)
Justify your response. (Example 1) no; Sample answer: The original ratio was
no; Sample answer: The original ratio was 4:6 or 2:3, and the new ratio is 5:7. The ratios
1:3, and the new ratio is 3:5. The ratios are are not the same.
not the same.

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7. Tala is making some vegetable soup. One small 8. Riley needs cupcakes for her class party. One
pot of soup has the vegetable amounts shown. small box of cupcakes contains the flavors
If a large pot of soup holds 24 cups, how many shown. A large box holds the same ratio of
cups of carrots will she need to keep the ratio in cupcakes. If the large box holds 40 cupcakes,
a large pot the same? (Example 2) how many red velvet cupcakes will there be?
(Example 2)
Vegetable Cups
Carrots 2 Flavor Number of Cupcakes
Celery 1 Vanilla 2
Tomatoes 3 Chocolate 3
8 cups Strawberry 4
Red Velvet 1
4 red velvet cupcakes

9. Corey is making a modeling-clay mixture. One 10. A small breadbasket contains the types of
portion of the modeling clay has the amounts breads shown. A large basket has the same
shown. If a full tub of modeling clay holds ratio of types of breads as the small basket. If
33 pints, how many pints of glue will he need the large basket has 16 total pieces of bread,
to keep the ratio in a full tub the same? how many are muffins? (Example 2)
(Example 2)
Type of Bread Quantity
Ingredient Pints Loaves 1
Flour 5 Muffins 3
Glue 3 Danish 4
Salt 2 6 muffins
Food Coloring 1
9 pints

11. A small package of craft beads contains the 12. Nate made gift bags for his party. He used the
colors shown. A large package has the same number of items shown. Nate later decided to
ratio of colors as the small package. If the add more items to the bags. He kept the same
large package has 24 total beads, how many ratio of items. If the new, larger gift bag has
are gold? (Example 2) 18 total items, how many items are stickers?
(Example 2)
Color Quantity
Red 2 Item Number
Silver 3 Pencils 4
Gold 3 Stickers 3
9 gold beads Toys 2
6 stickers

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13. Gianna is making up bags of fruit for her 14. The owner of The Pizza Palace has a deal
soccer team. Each bag contains 2 strawberries, offering 1 free order of breadsticks with
4 blueberries, and 3 raspberries. If she used a 3 pizzas. If 24 total pizzas were sold with this
total of 16 strawberries, how many raspberries deal, how many orders of breadsticks were
did she use? (Example 3) given away for free? (Example 3)
24 raspberries 8 orders

15. A small batch of oatmeal cookies contains 16. A starter art kit contains 2 paintbrushes,
2 cups of raisins, 2 cups of oats, 1 cup of flour, 1 canvas, and 4 jars of paint. A hobby art kit
and 1 cup of butter. A large batch of oatmeal has the same ratio of materials as the starter
cookies has the same ratio of ingredients as a kit. If the hobby art kit contains 8 jars of paint,
small batch. If the large batch has 8 cups of how many paintbrushes does it have?
raisins, how many cups of flour are in a large (Example 3)
batch? (Example 3) 4 paintbrushes
4 cups

17. Mrs. Li is letting the students in her art club

decorate picture frames. Each student places
5 star stickers, 1 heart sticker, 3 circle stickers,
and 2 flower stickers on each frame. If they
used a total of 21 circle stickers, how many
star stickers did they use? (Example 3)
35 star stickers

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