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6th grade Ratio and rate stories worksheet

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Ratio and rate stories

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Esme's garden path has edge stones and middle stones in the ratio 2:9. The path has 12 edge stones. How many stones does it have in all?
Jun's art shelf has crayons and pencils in the ratio 6:7. It has 28 pencils. How many crayons and pencils are on the shelf in all?
Kira's school garden has sunflowers and daisies in the ratio 3:10 (and a very busy bee). It has 15 sunflowers. How many flowers does the garden have in all?
Milo's costume box has hats and scarves in the ratio 4:9. There are 90 more scarves than hats. How many hats are in the box?
Pia's cupboard has small cups and large cups in the ratio 7:9. There are 36 more large cups than small cups. How many small cups are in the cupboard?
Ren's craft kit has short yarn pieces and long yarn pieces in the ratio 7:10. There are 60 more long pieces than short pieces. How many short pieces are in the kit?
Tala's machine seals 15 envelopes every 3 minutes at a steady pace. An order needs 240 envelopes. How many envelopes are left to seal after 20 minutes?
Ari's machine stamps 18 pages every 6 minutes at a steady pace. A school needs 120 pages. How many pages are left to stamp after 15 minutes?
Bo packs 5 boxes every 6 minutes. Noah packs 3 boxes every 2 minutes. How many boxes do they pack together in 12 minutes?
Esme sorts 5 cards every 3 minutes. Pia sorts 2 cards every 6 minutes. How many cards do they sort together in 18 minutes?

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About this worksheet

Ratio and rate stories. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can add a Total or a Difference column to a ratio table when a story gives a total or a "how many more".
I can use the row with 1 to answer a rate story that has a second step.
I can give each person in a story their own table and add the results.

Standard: 6.RP.A.3

Words to know

ratio table: A table where every row is a ratio that matches the others.

multiplier: The number you multiply both amounts in a row by to get a new row.

Total column: An extra column that adds the two parts in each row.

Difference column: An extra column that shows how many more the bigger part has.

rate: How many of one thing for each amount of another, like 3 boxes per minute.

row with 1: The row that shows the amount for just 1 minute, 1 item or 1 unit.

Common mistakes

Your child stopped at a middle answer instead of the one the story asks for. Ask them to underline the question and say what the answer should count.

Your child added the same amount to both numbers instead of multiplying. Try doubling and tripling a rate together, like a machine that makes 6 boxes in 2 minutes.

Your child divided by the rate when they needed to multiply by it.

What to say

Ask: how many do we get in 1 minute? Then how many in 5 minutes?

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with ratio and rate stories?

Your child stopped at a middle answer instead of the one the story asks for. Ask them to underline the question and say what the answer should count.

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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