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6th grade Ratio and rate stories worksheet

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Ratio and rate stories

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Kira's craft box has foam stars and foam circles in the ratio 5:12. It has 35 foam stars. How many foam shapes does it have in all?
Milo's kite festival has banners and kites in the ratio 7:12. It has 35 banners. How many banners and kites does it have in all?
Noah's storeroom has small boxes and large boxes in the ratio 8:13. It has 39 large boxes. How many boxes are in the storeroom?
Tala's cupboard has blue notebooks and green notebooks in the ratio 3:7. There are 28 more green notebooks than blue notebooks. How many notebooks are in the cupboard in all?
Zee's class collects oak leaves and maple leaves in the ratio 5:9. They collect 36 more maple leaves than oak leaves. How many leaves do they collect in all?
Ari's machine stamps 36 letters every 9 minutes at a steady pace. A school needs 500 letters stamped. How many letters are left to stamp after 40 minutes?
Bo's machine fills 28 baskets every 4 minutes. An order needs 400 baskets. How many baskets are left to fill after 35 minutes?
Jun sorts 9 star stickers every 6 minutes. Ren sorts 14 star stickers every 4 minutes. How many star stickers do they sort together in 24 minutes?
Kira reads 15 pages every 10 minutes. Tala reads 8 pages every 6 minutes. How many pages do they read together in 30 minutes?
Luz folds 7 cards every 4 minutes. Zee folds 11 cards every 6 minutes. How many cards do they fold together in 36 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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