Ratios and Proportion pre-test(Grade 5)
Ratios and Proportion pre-test(Grade 5)
Task 1: Ratio
I. Instruction: Write as ratios in colon and fraction form. Show your complete solutions.
1.
Answer:
24 children to 3 adults
2.
Answer:
10 eggs to 4 cups of flour
3.
Answer:
A dozen roses to 2 vases
4.
Answer:
25 minutes to an hour
5.
Answer:
4 days to 2 weeks
II.
Instruction: Solve and complete the following statement. Show your complete solutions.
1.
Vener weighs 56 kg, while Rene weighs 80 kg. What is the ratio of Rene’s weight to
Vener’s?
Answer:
2.
Walter weighs 30 kg while Jojo weighs 55kg. What is the ratio of Walter’s weight to the
combined weights of Walter and Jojo?
Answer:
3.
Out of 60 Girl Scouts only 45 are active members. What is the ratio of the number of
active Girl Scouts to the number of inactive Girl Scouts?
Answer:
4.
Find two numbers with a ratio of 2 : 10. One number must be 4 more than the other.
Answer:
5.
Find two odd numbers between 10 and 30, with a ratio that is equal to 3 : 5.
Answer:
Task 2: Proportion
Instruction: Solve for the following. Show your complete solutions.
1.
Answer:
6 2
15
= n
2.
Answer:
18 2
n
= 7
3.
Answer:
9 63
4
= n
4.
Answer:
n 2
56
= 7
5.
Answer:
n 6
5
= 15
6.
Answer:
72 8
n
= 14
7.
Answer:
8 n
15
= 60
8.
Answer:
6 24
8
= E
9.
Answer:
9 P
12
= 72
10.
Answer:
2 n
8
= 12
Answer Key:
I.
1.
Answer:
24 children to 3 adults 24 8
24: 3; = 8 children per adult
3 1
2.
Answer:
10 eggs to 4 cups of flour 10 5
10 : 4; ÷2 =
4 2
3.
Answer:
A dozen roses to 2 vases 12
12: 2; ÷ 2 = 6 roses per vase
2
4.
Answer:
25 minutes to an hour 25
20 : 1 = = 25 min per hour
1
5.
Answer:
4 days to 2 weeks 4 2
4: 14= =
14 7
II.
1.
Vener weighs 56 kg, while Rene weighs 80 kg. What is the ratio of Rene’s weight to
Vener’s?
Answer:
80 10
÷8 =
56 7
2.
Walter weighs 30 kg while Jojo weighs 55kg. What is the ratio of Walter’s weight to the
combined weights of Walter and Jojo?
Answer:
30 6
÷5=
86 17
3.
Out of 60 Girl Scouts only 45 are active members. What is the ratio of the number of
active Girl Scouts to the number of inactive Girl Scouts?
Answer:
45 3
÷ 15 =
15 1
4.
Find two numbers with a ratio of 2 : 10. One number must be 4 more than the other.
Answer:
2 1 1 2
÷2= or x2=
10 5 5 10
5.
Find two odd numbers between 10 and 30, with a ratio that is equal to 3 : 5.
Answer:
9 3 3 9 15 3 3 15
÷3= or x3= or ÷5= or x5=
15 5 5 15 25 5 5 25
Task 2: Proportion
Instruction: Solve for the following.
1.
Answer: 6 x n = 15 x 2
6 2
15
= n 5x 3 x2 5x 3 x2
-----> = n= 5
3x 2 3x 2
2.
Answer: n x 2 = 18 x 7
18 2
n
= 7 9 x2 x7 9 x2 x7
n= -----> n = = n= 63
2 2
3.
Answer: 9 x n = 4 x 63
9 63
4
= n 4 x 7 x9 4 x 7 x9
n= -----> n = = n= 28
9 9
4.
Answer: 7 x n = 56 x 2
n 2
56
= 7 8 x7 x2 8 x7 x2
n= -----> n = = n= 16
7 7
5.
Answer: n x 15 = 6 x 5
n 6
5
= 15 3x 2x 5 3x 2x 5
n= -----> n = = n= 2
3x 5 3x 5
6.
Answer: n x 8 = 72 x 17
72 8
n
= 14 8 x 9 x 14 8 x 9 x 14
n= -----> n = = n= 126
8 x1 8 x1
7.
Answer: 15 x n = 8 x 60
8 n
15
= 60 8 x 15 x 4 8 x 15 x 4
n= -----> n = = n= 32
15 15
8.
Answer: 6 x E = 8 x 24
6 24
8
= E 8 x6 x 4 8 x6 x 4
E= -----> E = = E= 32
6 6
9.
Answer: 12 x P = 9 x 72
9 P
12
= 72 9 x 12 x 6 9 x 12 x 6
P= -----> P = = P= 54
12 12
10.
Answer: 8 x n = 2 x 12
2 n
8
= 12 2 x 12 2x 4 x 3
n= -----> n = = n= 3
8 4x2