Ratios Practice Problems
Grades 5-7 · 5 problems
Practice your understanding of ratios with these problems. Ratios are used to compare two quantities and are fundamental in many areas of math and science.
What is the ratio of 6 apples to 3 oranges, expressed in simplest form?
A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of sugar. What is the ratio of flour to sugar?
In a class, there are 12 boys and 18 girls. What is the ratio of boys to the total number of students in the class, expressed in simplest form?
A map has a scale of 1 inch = 50 miles. If two cities are 3.5 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?
A store sells two types of coffee beans: Arabica and Robusta. The ratio of Arabica to Robusta beans in a blend is 5:3. If the store uses 45 pounds of Robusta beans, how many pounds of Arabica beans are needed?
Common Mistakes
- Forgetting to simplify the ratio to its lowest terms.
- Writing the ratio in the wrong order (e.g., sugar to flour instead of flour to sugar).
- Not including the units when calculating ratios involving measurements.