6th Grade MathCalera Middle School

1At the carnival the ratio of rides to games was 9:8. For every _____ games there are _____ rides.

2For every 5 boys on a softball team there is 1 girl. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

3At the pet store the ratio of dogs to cats was 6:4. For every _____ cats there are _____ dogs.

4Reduce the ratio: 50 : 35

5Reduce the ratio: 45:20

6Reduce the ratio: 14 : 63

7A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 5 : 1. If you used 35 ounce of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use?

8A teacher had 21 red pens. If the ratio of red pens to blue pens she owned was 3 : 1, how many pens did she have total?

9A chess player played 20 games total. If he won 2 of the games, what is the ratio of games he lost to games he won?

10A video game store was getting rid of old games, selling them 3 for $34.26. If they sold 2 games, how much money would they have made?

11A pet store was selling mice 5 for $8.35. If they ended up selling 2 mice, how much money would they have earned?

12At the baseball stadium the price for popcorn is $15.36 for 6 bags. If you wanted to buy 2 bags of popcorn, how much would it cost?

13An ice company charged $3.40 for 4 bags of ice. If a convenience store bought 6 bags of ice, how much would it have cost them?

14A supermarket had bags of red grapes for $27.09 for 7. The also had bags of green grapes priced at $14.96 for 4. Which type of grape is most expensive?

15Which two baseball teams have

equivalent ratios of walks to the number of runs scored?Games Walks # of Runs

Scored

Yankees 3 48

Cubs 3 27

Braves 2 25

Red Soxs 4 64

16Which two teachers received equivalent ratios of apples from their total number of students?Teachers Received

ApplesNumber of Students

Jones 3 48

Smith 3 51

Thompson 2 34

Brown 2 36

17Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary. 1⁄8

18Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary. 3/8

19Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary. 2/3

20Write each as a fraction in simplest form.58%

21Write each as a fraction in simplest form.20%

22Write each as a fraction in simplest form.23%

23Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.0.425

24Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.0.05

25Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.3.63

26Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.0.006

27Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.9%

28Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.65%

29Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.0.3%

30Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.115.9%

31There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth)

32A metal bar weighs 8.15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver. How many ounces of silver are in the bar? (round to the nearest thousandth)

33A woman put $580 into a savings account for one year. The rate of interest on the account was 6½%. How much was the interest for the year in dollars and cents? (Round to the nearest cent)

34A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (Round to the nearest whole number)

35Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car? (Round to nearest dollar)

36Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% off the regular price. She paid $32.89 for the drill. What was the regular price? (Round to the nearest cent)

37Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?