Rates and Ratios

Part I.

Express the following comparisons as ratios.

Suppose a class has 14 redheads, 8 brunettes, and 6 blondes
a. What is the ratio of redheads to brunettes?
b. What is the ratio of redheads to blondes?
c. What is the ratio of blondes to brunettes?
d. What is ratio of blondes to total students?

Part II.
Find the rates of the following. Round your answer to the nearest thousandths:
a. Angie can eat 4 cookies in 15 minutes. What is her rate per minute?
b. Jerry writes 5 pages in his notebook in 40 minutes. What is his writing rate per minute?
c. It takes Kath 3 hours to finish sewing 2 dolls. What is her sewing rate per hour?
d. It takes Karl 45 minutes to run 3 kilometers around his village. What is his running rate?

Part III.
Express each of the following ratios in fractional form then simplify.
1. 5¢ to $2
2. 12 feet to 2 yards
3. 30 minutes to 2 hours
4. 5 days to 1 year

Part IV.
Fill in the table below and choose which option is the better deal to buy.
Option A Unit Rate A Option B Unit Rate B Best Buy
(A or B)
1 1 orange for P15 6 oranges for P88.50
2 2 juice boxes for P90 5 juice boxes for P231.25
3 3 liters of gas which can 4 liters of gas which can
run 12.3 km run 15.6 km
4 4 erasers for P44.40 12 erasers for P138
5 5 shirts for P2,750 8 shirts for P4,604
Answer Key:
Part I.

Part II.
a. 0.267 cookies per minute
b. 0.125 pages per minute
c. 0.667 dolls per hour
d. 0.065 kilometers per minute
Part III.

Part IV.
Option A Unit Rate A Option B Unit Rate B Best Buy
(A or B)
1 1 orange for P15 P15 per piece 6 oranges for P88.50 P14.75 per piece B
2 2 juice boxes for P90 P45 per box 5 juice boxes for P231.25 P46.25 per box A
3 3 liters of gas which can 4.1 km per liter 4 liters of gas which can 3.9 km per liter B
run 12.3 km run 15.6 km
4 4 erasers for P44.40 P11.10 per piece 12 erasers for P138 P11.5 per piece A
5 5 shirts for P2,750 P550 per piece 8 shirts for P4,604 P575.8 per piece A