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6th grade Ratios: comparing two amounts worksheet

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Ratios: comparing two amounts

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Luz peels stickers off a sheet with 5 heart stickers and 6 star stickers, and it takes forever. What is the ratio of star stickers to heart stickers? Write it with a colon, like 7:10.
Noah makes fruit salad with 5 cups of melon and 8 cups of grapes. What is the ratio of cups of grapes to cups of melon? Write it with a colon, like 7:10.
Tala's fruit stand has 3 baskets of strawberries and 8 baskets of blueberries. What is the ratio of baskets of strawberries to all the baskets at the stand? Write it with a colon, like 7:10.
Zee's crayon box has 6 warm-colored crayons and 7 cool-colored crayons. What is the ratio of warm-colored crayons to all the crayons in the box? Write it with a colon, like 7:10.
Balloons float over Ari's school fair, which has 7 game booths, 5 food booths and 8 craft booths. What is the ratio of craft booths to game booths? Write it with a colon, like 7:10.
Bo stocks a supply shelf with 4 pencils, 6 erasers and 9 markers. What is the ratio of markers to pencils? Write it with a colon, like 7:10.
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Jun stirs batter in a big bowl and bakes a tray: 6 blueberry muffins and 5 banana muffins. Which sentence gives the ratio of banana muffins to blueberry muffins?
- For every 5 banana muffins there are 11 muffins in all
- For every 6 banana muffins there are 5 blueberry muffins
- For every 5 banana muffins there are 6 blueberry muffins
- There is 1 more blueberry muffin than banana muffins
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Kira sorts a drawer with 8 spoons and 3 forks. Which sentence gives the ratio of spoons to forks?
- For every 3 spoons there are 8 forks
- There are 5 more spoons than forks
- For every 8 spoons there are 11 pieces of silverware in all
- For every 8 spoons there are 3 forks
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Luz's lunch table has 6 milk cartons and 11 juice boxes. Which sentence gives the ratio of milk cartons to juice boxes?
- For every 6 milk cartons there are 17 drinks in all
- For every 6 milk cartons there are 11 juice boxes
- There are 5 more juice boxes than milk cartons
- For every 11 milk cartons there are 6 juice boxes
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Milo's mosaic uses 8 white tiles and 9 red tiles. Which sentence gives the ratio of red tiles to white tiles?
- For every 9 red tiles there are 17 tiles in all
- There is 1 more red tile than white tiles
- For every 9 red tiles there are 8 white tiles
- For every 8 red tiles there are 9 white tiles

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About this worksheet

Writing and reading ratios. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can write the ratio of one amount to another in the order the question asks, like 3:2.
I can tell a ratio of two parts (dogs to cats) from a ratio of one part to everything (dogs to all the animals), in either order.
I can say a ratio in words, "for every 3 dogs there are 2 cats", and join groups when the question says "together".

Standard: 6.RP.A.1

Words to know

ratio: Two amounts compared, like 3 dogs for every 2 cats.

part: One group inside the whole, like the dogs.

total (the whole): All the groups added together, like all the animals.

order: The first thing named in the question goes first in the ratio.

for every: Words that say how many of one thing go with another.

together: Add these groups first, then use the sum as one amount.

Common mistakes

Your child wrote the two numbers in the opposite order from the question. Ask them to point to the first thing the question names and say its number first.

Your child mixed up comparing two groups with comparing one group to everyone.

Your child found how many more instead of writing a ratio. Try saying it together as “for every … there are …”.

What to say

Ask: does the question name two groups, or one group and the whole?

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with ratios: comparing two amounts?

Your child wrote the two numbers in the opposite order from the question. Ask them to point to the first thing the question names and say its number first.

Are these 6th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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