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Ratios & Rates Word Problem Review
Contributed by: Kirchner
(Original author: Stephens)

The practice range at a golf course charges $4 for

a bucket of 40 golf balls.  At this rate, how much will

a bucket of 100 golf balls cost?

$

A model of a park was built on a scale of 1:75. 

The distance between two trees in the park is

8cm on the model. What is this distance between 

the trees in real life?


meters

Jerry can make 65 drawings in 15 hours.  At that rate,

how long will it take him to make 52 drawings.

hours
In a scale drawing,

same scale is used, how many cm will be needed

to represent 72 meters?

the ratio scale is 1:600. If 

 

cm
The ratio of red marbles to blue marbles in a bag is 8:5  If there are 15 more red marbles than blue marbles, how many blue marbles are in the bag? 
blue marbles
When wheel B turns 2 revolutions, wheel A turns 5
revolutions. When wheel A turns 40 revolutions, how
many revolutions does wheel B turn?
revolutions
Marcus spent $3.25 to wash his car. If it costs $0.25
for every 2 minutes in the car wash, how long did it
take him to wash his car?
minutes
It takes a machine 12 minutes to fill 200 bottles of soda.
At this rate, how many minutes will it take the machine
to fill 500 bottles of soda?
minutes
Mai earns $44 for every eight hours of work.
How many hours does she have to work to earn
$396 ?
hours
The weekly order for the Tranquility Inn includes
15 gallons of chocolate milk and 40 gallons of low-fat milk.  What is the ratio of the  low-fat to chocolate milk order in simplest terms?
3:8
3:11
5:1
8:3
The ratio of dark chocolate to milk chocolate in a bag is 5:9.  There are 32 more milk chocolate pieces than dark chocolate pieces. How many dark chocolate pieces are there? 
dark chocolate pieces
What is the better buy?

24 grams of chocolate for $3.84

16 grams of chocolate for $2.40

Optional Challlenge: A restaurant uses twenty-seven 2kg bottles of oil in a twelve week period.  If he decides to buy larger 9kgtubs of oil instead, how many tubs of cooking oil will he use over a forty-six week period. Assume the rate of oil use is unchanged.
tubs of oil
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