5. for a Garage Sale, the Owner Had 98 Baseball Cards. During the Course of the Day The

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4. On a Tuesday, the class checked out 45 books from the library. If 15 of the books are fiction, what is the ratio of non-fiction to fiction books?

30:15 or 2:1

5. For a garage sale, the owner had 98 baseball cards. During the course of the day the baseball card owner sold 34 cards. What is the ratio of cards sold to cards left to sell?

34:64 or 17:32

6. The mall parking lot has 49 empty spaces. If the ratio of empty spaces to taken spaces is 7:9, how many spaces are there total?

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1. $ 24.00 is the cost of 3

Movie tickets 10. The flag pole is 24 feet tall. The flag pole’s shadow is 8 yards long. Write this as a ratio of flag pole height to shadow length.

24 feet to 8 yards or 3 ft to 1 yard

11. Using the rate from problem 10, make a chart of flag pole heights compared to shadow lengths for flag pole’s that are 12 feet tall, 18 feet tall, 21 feet tall, and 36 feet tall.

height shadow 3 1 12 4 18 6 21 7 36 12

12. At the grocery store a sign shows that apples are 7 for $ 2.10, and there is also a sign by the peaches that says that they are 6 for $3.60. Find the total cost of buying 2 apples and 2 peaches.

Apple = .30 2 x .30 = .60 total is $1.80 Peach = .60 2 x .60 = 1.20 13. Mike’s Candy Store sells skittles in bulk, 2 pounds for $5. You can buy any amount at this rate and it even includes sales tax.

14. A modeling clay recipe calls for 1 cup cornstarch, 2 cups baking soda and 1.5 cups of water. How many cups of cornstarch are needed to mix with one cup of baking soda?

15. Alice ordered 4 small pizzas for her and her five friends. How much of a pizza does each person get? If each pizza was cut into 6 slices how many slices will each person get?  Read to reason there are 6 people

4/6 or 2/3 of a pizza, each person will get 4 slices

16. Uncle Si has driven 125 miles and used 5 gallons of gas. How far could he drive if he only had one gallon?

25 miles