Writing Ratios Problems

<p>The tape diagram below represents the number of hockey sticks and soccer balls that Coach Myers has ordered for the school's sports inventory</p><TapeDiagram data-props='{ "tapes": [ { "title": "Hockey sticks", "cell_height": 16, "cell_width": 32, "num_of_cells": 6, "color": "shaded" }, { "title": "Soccer balls", "cell_height": 16, "cell_width": 32, "num_of_cells": 5, "color": "shaded" } ]}'></TapeDiagram ><ul><li>What is the ratio of hockey sticks to soccer balls?</li><li>What is the ratio of soccer balls to hockey sticks?</li></ul>

<p>At College Cafe, `22` tables were occcupied and `9` tables were vacant during the lunch hour today.</p><ul><li>What is the ratio of the number of occupied tables to the number of vacant tables in the cafe today?</li><li>What is the ratio of the number of occupied tables to the total number of tables in the cafe?</li></ul>

<p>Olivia went to the bookstore and bought books of different genres.</p> <TableUIv2 data-props='{ "headers": [ { "value": "Genre of Book" }, { "value": "Number of Books Bought" } ], "borders": {}, "rows": [ [ { "value": "Science Fictions" }, { "value": " 5 " } ], [ { "value": "Autobiographies" }, { "value": " 4 " } ], [ { "value": "Comic Books" }, { "value": "7" } ] ]}'></TableUIv2 ><ul><li>What is the ratio of science fictions to comic books? </li><li>What is the ratio of the number of autobiographies to the number of comic books she bought?</li></ul>

<p>The tape diagram below represents the number of cups of red and white paint that are needed to make a shade of pink paint.</p><TapeDiagram data-props='{ "tapes": [ { "title": "Cups of red paint", "cell_height": 16, "cell_width": 32, "num_of_cells": 2, "color": "shaded" }, { "title": "Cups of white paint", "cell_height": 16, "cell_width": 32, "num_of_cells": 5, "color": "shaded" } ]}'></TapeDiagram ><ul><li>What is the ratio of cups of red paint to white paint in the mixture?</li><li>What is the ratio of cups of red paint to the total number of cups of paint in the mixture?</li></ul>

<p>In a store parking lot, there are `7` white cars, `9` black cars, and `13` grey cars.</p><ul><li>What is the ratio of grey cars to white cars in the parking lot?</li><li>What is the ratio of white cars to black cars in the parking lot?</li></ul>

<p>The table below shows the amounts of seltzer, fruit punch concentrate, and ginger ale that are used in a punch for Kim's graduation party.</p><TableUIv2 data-props='{ "headers": [ { "value": "Ingredients" }, { "value": "Cups of Each" } ], "borders": {}, "rows": [ [ { "value": "Seltzer" }, { "value": " 2 " } ], [ { "value": "Fruit Punch Concentrate" }, { "value": " 4 " } ], [ { "value": "Ginger Ale" }, { "value": "7" } ] ]}'></TableUIv2 ><ul><li>What is the ratio of cups of seltzer to cups of ginger ale in the recipe?</li><li>What is the ratio of cups of seltzer to the total number of cups of ingredients in the recipe?</li></ul>

<p>The following table represents the number of cups of each type of fruit used to make a fruit salad.</p><TableUIv2 data-props='{ "headers": [ { "value": "Fruit" }, { "value": "Number of Cups" } ], "borders": {}, "rows": [ [ { "value": "Strawberries" }, { "value": "5" } ], [ { "value": "Apples" }, { "value": "3" } ], [ { "value": "Oranges" }, { "value": "2" } ] ]}'></TableUIv2 ><ul><li>What is the ratio of cups of strawberries to cups of oranges used in the fruit salad?</li><li>What is the ratio of cups of apples to the total cups of fruit used in the fruit salad?</li></ul>