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RATIO & RATE

WORD PROBLEMS
A ratio is a comparison of two
quantities of the same unit by
division.
The ratio of a to b can be written
in two ways:

a. a:b (odds notation), where the


symbol “:” is read as “is to”; or
b., b (fractional notation)
Example 1:
 
In a class of 40
students, the ratio of
passing grades to
failing grades is 5 to 3.
Example 2:

A chocolate cake requires an


average of one hour of baking
time while a cupcake requires
only 20 minutes of baking time.
What is the ratio of baking time
for chocolate cake to that for the
cupcake? Express you answer
Example 3:
 
Write the ratio, 28
days to 8 weeks,
as a fraction in
Example 4:
 
A piece of string, 20 cm
long, is divided into two
pieces in the ratio 3:2.
What is the length of each
of the two pieces of string?
Example 5:

To make a 500-g cake, 6 cups of


flour, 3 cups of butter, and 1.5
cups of sugar are needed. Write
down the ratio of:
a.the amount of sugar to the
amount of flour;
b.the amount of flour to the
A rate is a ratio that
compares quantities of
different units. A unit
rate is a rate that has a
denominator of 1; that
is, a rate for one unit of
Example 1:
 
If you drive 120 km in 2 hours,
then your rate can be expressed
as the ratio of kilometers to
hours; that is, .
Your unit rate is or 60 km/hr.
(This is your average rate.)
Example 2:
 
A car travels 120 km on
10 liters of gas. Give
the ratio of kilometers
to liters (the rate) and
A.Write the unit rate.
 

1. 300 km in 5 hours
2. 210 words in 5 minutes

3. 450 km on 45 liters 4.
PHP1200 for 3 hours
5. 64 feet in 2 seconds
6. PHP150 for 5 liters
EVALUATION
There were 35 children and 10 adults at a
cookout.

a. What is the ratio of adults to children at


the cookout?
b. What is the ratio of children to total
people at the cookout?
c. Five more children came to the cookout.
Now what is the ratio of children to total
people?
The ratio of boys to girls in the sixth
grade is 2 : 3.

a. If there are 24 boys, how many


girls are there?
b. If there are 80 students, how many
are girls?
c. If there are 75 students, how
many more girls are there than boys?
A couple went out for a
date and spent Php 1,500
on dinner and Php 400 at
the movie theater. What is
the ratio of peso spent on
dinner and the total
amount spent for the date?
A cupcake store offers
promo for 2 boxes of
cupcakes: one box of
cupcakes costs Php 500 for
20 pieces and another box
costs Php 600 for 25 pieces.
Which is the better buy?
A small merchandise
has 12 female and 20
male employees. What
is the ratio of female
employees to male
employees?
Marie decided to make a
loomband. There are 4
pink strings and 29 purple
strings on her loomband.
What is the ratio of the
number of pink strings to
that of the purple strings?
CHALLENGE
PROBLEMS
There are 65 children in the
sixth grade. There are 15
more boys than girls.
a. How many girls are in the
class?
b. What is the ratio of boys to
girls?
The ratio of green M & M’s to yellow is 2 :
5.
a. If there are only green and yellow M &
M’s in the bag, what is the smallest
number of M & M’s possible?
b. If there are 84 M & M’s in the bag all
together, how many are green?
c. If red M & M’s were added to the bag in
part b to get a total of 100, what is the
ratio of green to yellow to red?
Brian, Tim and Kenny got paid a total of
$240 for mowing neighborhood lawns.
They split the money in the ratio of 5: 9:
10.
a. How much less did Brian make than Tim?
b. Brian complained about making so much
less. The boys decided to break up their
pay in a ratio of 3: 4: 5 instead. How much
more does Brian make than in part a?
Morgan and Kira have a number of jelly
beans in a ratio of 5 : 3. Kira and Mann
have a number of jelly beans in a ratio of
6 : 1.

a. What is the ratio of Morgan’s jelly


beans to Mann’s?
b. If Morgan and Kira have 64 jelly beans,
how many does Kira have?
c. How many does Mann have?
PROPORTIONS
DETERMINE IF EACH PAIR OF RATIOS
OR RATES ARE PROPORTIONAL
1. 98 words typed in 3 mins; 162 words typed in
5 mins.
2. 16 points scored in 4 games; 48 points
scored in 8 games.
3. 288 miles driven in 10 gallons of fuel; 240
miles driven in 8 gallons of fuel
4. 15 computers for 45 students; 45 computers
for 135 students
5. 3 t-shirts for Php 840; 5 t-shirts for Php 1,400
A van traveled 578 miles
in 8.5 hours, while a car
traveled 272 miles in 4
hours. Can we conclude
that both vehicle traveled
at the same speed? Why
Mark took a total of 18
quizzes over the course of
6 weeks. Using the same
timing of quizzes, how
many weeks of school will
he attend to have a total
of 27 quizzes?
Myrna wrote an 8-page
research paper for 4
hours. At this rate, after
spending 10 hours in
writing, how many pages
has she written in total?
Sarah baked 20 pieces of
bread after working for 4
hours. With the same rate,
how many more pieces of
bread did Sarah bake is
she extended working for 6
more hours?
Mark reads 10
pages of a
manuscript in 15
minutes. At this
rate, how many
When baking, 3 cups
of flour require 5
eggs. if you make
cookies requiring 5
cups of flour, how
many eggs will you
Marty is paid PHP880
per two hours of
lecture. In a week,
he lectures for 9
hours. How much
would he be paid?
Carl received cash from his
relatives on his birthday. He got
EUR 20 from his mother, USD
12 from his sister, and JPY 2000
from his father. He was told
that USD 2 is equivalent to
PHP92.20, USD 10 is equivalent
to EUR 10, and PHP1 is
equivalent to JPY2.34. How
DIRECT, INVERSE,
& PARTITIVE
PROPORTIONS
DIRECT PROPORTION
• As one quantity increases, the other one
also increases.
• As one quantity decreases, the other one
also decreases.
Examples:
1. Cost versus the number of products
2. Salary versus the number of working
hours/days
INVERSE PROPORTION
• As one quantity increases, the other one
decreases.
• As one quantity decreases, the other one
increases.
Examples:
1.Food supply versus the number of people
2.Number of workers versus the number of
working days
3.Speed versus time
PARTITIVE PROPORTION
• A whole is partitioned into equal
or unequal ratios.
Examples:
1.Food slicing
2.Money share and/or allotment
3.Inheritance
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING
SITUATIONS IF IT DEPICT
DIRECT, INVERSE, OR
PARTITIVE PROPORTION.
ANSWER AFTERWARDS
•  
Jessa buys three bananas
for PHP25.00. How much
does she pay for a dozen
of these bananas?
Solution:
3x = 12(25.50) x = P102
•  

A typist can finish 4


pages in 6 minutes. How
long will it take him to
finish 18 pages?
Solution: 4x = 6(18)
x = 27 minutes
•  
A menu which serves 5
people requires 3 cups of
flour. How many cups of
flour are needed for the
menu to serve 20 people?
Solution:
•  
To finish a certain job in 8 days,
6 workers are needed. If it is
required to finish the same job
in 2 days advance, how many
workers have to work?
Solution: (8 days)(6 workers)
= (6 days)(x workers)
6x = 8(6) x = 8 workers
•  
A supply of food lasts for a
week for 20 families. How
long would the supply last if
3 more families have to be
supplied?
Solution: (7 days)(20
families) = (x days)(23
families) 23x =
•  
A deceased person stated in his
testament that his 30-hectare
land be divided among his three
children using 1:2:3 partition,
the oldest getting the biggest
share. How much did the
second child receive?
Solution: = 5 2(5) = 10
•  
The ratio of cups of water to
cups of sugar in a menu is
3:1: . if this is just for one
serving, how much of each
is needed for a menu that
makes 5 servings?
Solution: 5 15 : 5 :
THA T’S IT

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