N.S. 1.

2: Interpret and use ratios in different contexts to show the relative sizes of two quantities, using appropriate notations.

1 What is the ratio of the number of 3 A bag contains 4 red marbles, 2 blue
white dots to the number of gray dots? marbles, and 6 black marbles. What is the
ratio of the total number of marbles to the
number of black marbles in the bag?
A 1 to 2
B 1 to 6
QuickTimeª and a C 6 to 1
decompressor
are needed to see this picture. D 2 to 1

2
4 of Mr. Escalante’s class are boys. What
3
A 2:1 is the ratio of the number of boys to the
B 1:2 number of girls in his class?
C 2:3
D 2:9

What is the ratio of the number of

2
gray elephants to the number of white
elephants?

2
A
QuickTimeª and a 5
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
3
B
5

2
C
3
7
A
3

3
B
10
3
10 D
C 2
3

3
D
7

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N.S. 1.2: Interpret and use ratios in different contexts to show the relative sizes of two quantities, using appropriate notations.

5 In her favorite cereal, Marcia always 7 What is the ratio of the number of 5’s to the
finds 3 pink marshmallows for every 4 number of 3’s in the list below?
blue marshmallows. What is the ratio
of the number of blue marshmallows 2, 3, 2, 5, 4, 8, 9, 2, 2, 5, 5, 3
to pink marshmallows in Marcia’s
cereal?

A 2:3
B 3:2
A 1 to 2 C 2:1
B 1 to 6 D 1:2
C 6 to 1
D 2 to 1
The ratio of the number of boys to girls in
8
the marching band is 2 to 5. There are 40
girls in the band. How many students total
4 out of every 10 students at are in the marching band?
6
Gunderson High School join the
military immediately after graduating.
5 out of every 10 enroll in college
immediately after graduating. What is
the ratio of students enrolling in A 140
college to those joining the military at
Gunderson High School?
B 100

4
A
5 C 56

5
B
4

2
C
5 D 16

1
D
2

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