Ratio Word Problems Period 1

Mary had 32 pairs of shoes. If the ratio of sandals to tennis shoes is 1:7, how many pair of tennis shoes does Mary have?

4 boys went fishing. They caught a total of 40 fish. If the ratio of catfish to bass is 5:3, how many catfish were caught?

There are 186 students at Comanche Middle School. The ratio of girls to boys is 4:2. How many students are girls?

There are 186 students at Comanche Middle School. The ratio of girls to boys is 4:2. What scale factor would you use to find how many students are girls?

A box holds 20 marbles. There are 13 green marbles and the rest are yellow. What is the ratio of yellow marbles to green marbles?

Ms. Shields has 9 boys and 12 girls in her 1st block. What is the ratio of girls to total?

A bag contains red and yellow apples. The ratio of red to yellow apples is 4:3. If I have 6 yellow apples, how many red apples do I have?

I had 35 assignments for the week. The ratio of English assignments to the rest of the assignment was 2:3. How many assignments were NOT English?

A math club has 25 members, of which 11 are males and the rest are females. What is the ratio of males to all club members?

Mrs. Brown graded 84 papers. If the ratio of science papers to math papers is 2:10, how many math papers did she grade?