Why Did the Writer Enjoy Living in a Basement?Do each exercise and find your answer to the right. Write the letter of the answer inthe box containing the number of the exercise. If the answer has a A, shade in thebox instead of writing a letter in it.

Write each ratio as a fraction in simplest form.

9:4

(4) 20 to 12

(i) 6 out of 15

(?) 35 out of 100

(10) 90:30

1) 7 to 12

'3) 8 to 10

T) 25:50

7) 80 to 60

78 out of 780

The ratio of wins to losses for a team with 60 winsand 90 losses.

The ratio of girls to boys in a 7th grade class with300 girls and 250 boys.

The ratio of red to blue for a purple paint made bymixing 24 oz of red with 28 oz of blue.

The ratio of blue to red for a purple paint made bymixing 24 oz of red with 28 oz of blue.

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Answers:

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10

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Write the ratio of the two measurements in theunit indicated (a unit rate).

A car traveled 300 miles on 15 gallons of gas.(miles per gallon)

Ima Smurf typed 120 words in 3 minutes,(words per minute)

Dr. Cranium traveled 2,800 miles in 5 hours,(miles per hour)

A gear revolved 960 times in 30 minutes,(revolutions per minute)

Gloria Trench earned $144 in 8 hours,(dollars per hour)

Roger Bannister ran 5,280 feet in 4 minutes,(feet per second) (HINT: 4 min = ? s)

Answers:

(M) 48

(5) 32

© 15

(W) 40

IT) 18

(B) 560

Is) 22

20

N) 520^~jy

T) 36

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TOPIC 1-b: Ratio and RateMIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ! BOOK E

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What Is a Termite's Favorite Breakfast?For each pair of similar figures, find the length x. Cross out the letter next to youranswer. When you finish, the answer to the title question will remain.

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9cm

14cm

15ft

20m

50 in.

8m

24 in.

12cm

16ft

46 m

21 in.

44cm

10cm

18m

48 in.

40cm

42m

9m12m

15cm

6m

4*-—-

10 in.

24cm

36 in.

30m

21 cm

20cm

20cm

35 in.

6 in.

25m 15m

20m

14m35cm

9) A flagpole casts a shadow 10 ft long.If a man 6 ft tall casts a shadow 4ftlong at the same time of day, how tallis the flagpole?

60m

A photograph is 25 cm wide and 20cm high. It must be reduced to fit aspace that is 8 cm high. Find the widthof the reduced photograph.