Worksheet – RATIOS

Name______________________________
I. Answer the following questions on Comparing Ratios.
1.
a) Pupils in a school are divided into different groups. The table shows the number of boys and girls in
each group. Complete the following table.

Number of Boys 2 4 6 8 12

Number of Girls 5 10 15 25

The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is ______.

The number of boys is ______ of the number of girls.

b) The table shows the number of cats and dogs in different parts of a pet adoption center. Complete the
following table.

Number of Cats 14 21 28 35

Number of Dogs 4 8 16 20 24

The ratio of the number of cats to the number of dogs is ______.

The number of cats is ______ of the number of dogs.

c) Siti uses different numbers of tablespoons of water and jelly crystals to make some jelly. Complete
the following table.

Number of Tablespoons 8 16 32 48
of Water

Number of Tablespoons 6 9 15 18
of Jelly Crystals

The ratio of the number of tablespoons of water used to the number of tablespoons of jelly crystals used

is ______.

The number of tablespoons of water used is ______ of the number of tablespoons of jelly crystals used.
2. Mariam uses 5 g of baking powder and 240 g of flour to bake a cake.
a. Find the ratio of the amount of baking powder used to the amount of flour used.

b. Mariam uses 25 g of baking powder. How much flour does she need to use?

c. Mariam uses 720 g of fluor. How much baking powder does she need to use?

d. Mariam wants to bake 4 cakes. How much baking powder and flour does she need to use?

3. A chef uses salt and sugar in the ratio 2 : 7 to make a sauce. The chef uses 133 g of sugar. How much
salt does he use?

4. A painter mixed red and blue paint in the ratio 4 : 9 to obtain purple paint. He used 12 liters of red
paint. How much blue paint did he use?

5. Mr. Rama uses three types of fruit juice for a party. The ratio of the amount of watermelon juice to the
amount of apple juice is 4 : 9. The ratio of the amount of apple juice to amount of orange juice is 27 : 14.
Find the ratio of the amount of watermelon to the amount of apple to the amount of orange juice.

6. A bookstore sells cookbooks, novels, and reference books. The ratio of the number of cookbooks to
the number of novels is 2 : 11. The ratio of the number of cookbooks to number of reference books is 3 :
4. What is the ratio of the number of cookbooks to the number of novels to the number of reference
books at the bookstore?