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Data Sets and Ratios, Quiz


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Jake sold 42 tickets to the school fair and Jeanne sold 9 tickets. What is the ratio, in simplest form, of the number of tickets Jeanne sold to the number of tickets Jake sold?
A
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B
mc001-2.jpg
C
mc001-3.jpg
D
mc001-4.jpg
 

 2. 
Which is the correct ratio to express 160 students for every 5 teachers?
A
32:1
C
5 to 160
B
mc002-1.jpg
D
1:32
 

 3. 
Roberto’s gym class had 63 students and 9 basketballs. What was the ratio of students to basketballs?
A
7 : 1
C
1 : 9
B
1 : 7
D
9 : 1
 
 
Use this diagram to answer the following questions:

nar001-1.jpg
 

 4. 
What is the ratio of stars to X’s?
Remember to simplify.

A
2 to 3
C
3 to 4
B
16 to 24
D
8 to 12
 

 5. 
What is the ratio of stars to triangles?
Remember to simplify.

A
4 to 5
C
4 to 3
B
3 to 4
D
5 to 4
 

 6. 
What is the ratio of X’s to triangles?
Remember to simplify.

A
6 to 5
C
12 to 10
B
24 to 20
D
18 to 15
 

 7. 
What is the ratio of the shaded sections to the total number of sections on this figure?
mc007-1.jpg
A
3 : 5
C
1 : 2
B
3 : 8
D
 5: 8
 
 
Use the fiqure below to answer the following questions:

nar002-1.jpg
 

 8. 
What is the ratio of unshaded sections to total number of sections?

A
mc008-1.jpg
C
mc008-3.jpg
B
mc008-2.jpg
D
mc008-4.jpg
 

 9. 
Lorreen sells 18 adult tickets, 23 student tickets, and 10 discount tickets for the school play. Write the ratio student tickets to adult tickets in three ways.
A
23:10, mc009-1.jpg, 23 to 10
C
23:18, mc009-3.jpg, 23 to 18
B
18:23, mc009-2.jpg, 10 to 18
D
10:18, mc009-4.jpg, 10 to 18
 

 10. 
Write two different ratios equal to 6 : 30.
A
mc010-1.jpg, mc010-2.jpg
B
mc010-3.jpg, mc010-4.jpg
C
mc010-5.jpg, mc010-6.jpg
D
mc010-7.jpg, mc010-8.jpg
 

 11. 
Write the ratio 42 : 6 in simplest form.
A
8 : 1
B
7 : 1
C
1 : 8
D
1 : 7
 

 12. 
In a sports equipment locker, there are 42 balls and 24 baseball mitts. Write the ratio of balls to baseball mitts in simplest form.
A
8 : 14
B
7 : 4
C
8 : 4
D
7 : 14
 
 
Find the value that makes the ratios equal.
 

 13. 
mc013-1.jpgto 24, 8 to 3
A
65
B
64
C
72
D
80
 

 14. 
The American flag is customarily made with its width and length in the ratio of 10 to 19. Which of the following dimensions is in the correct ratio for the flag?
A
107 by 193 in.
B
100 by 190 in.
C
107 by 190 in.
D
100 by 193 ft.
 



 
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