Equivalent Ratio Tables

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Equivalent Ratio Tables · Grade 6 · Worksheet 2

1. If 2/5 = x/45, then x = ? Answer: 18 Solution: Set up the equation: 2/5 = x/45 Cross-multiply: 2 × 45 = 5 × x Calculate: 90 = 5x Divide both sides by 5: 90 ÷ 5 = x Calculate: 18 = x The answer is 18.
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   Step 1: Set up the equation: 2/5 = x/45 Step 2: Cross-multiply: 2 × 45 = 5 × x Step 3: Calculate: 90 = 5x Step 4: Divide both sides by 5: 90 ÷ 5 = x Step 5: Calculate: 18 = x The answer is 18.

2. Complete the table of equivalent ratios: | Aroha's score | 7 | 21 | 35 | 63 | 77 | |---------------|---|---|---|---|---| | Tane's score | 9 | 27 | 45 | x | 99 | Find x. Answer: 81 Solution: Identify the ratio from the first column: Aroha : Tane = 7 : 9. For the fourth column, Aroha's score is 63. Let Tane's score be x.
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   Step 1: Identify the ratio from the first column: Aroha : Tane = 7 : 9. Step 2: For the fourth column, Aroha's score is 63. Let Tane's score be x. The ratio must be equivalent: 7/9 = 63/x. Step 3: Cross-multiply: 7 * x = 9 * 63. Step 4: Calculate 9 * 63 = 567. Step 5: So 7x = 567. Step 6: Divide both sides by 7: x = 567 ÷ 7 = 81. Step 7: Check: 7/9 = 63/81 simplifies to 7/9 = 7/9. Correct. The answer is 81.

3. Complete the ratio table: | 9 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 45 | x | | 12 | 20 | 28 | 40 | 60 | 84 | Answer: 63 Solution: Find the multiplier by looking at a complete column. Use the first column: 9 * m = 12. Solve: m = 12 / 9 = 4/3.
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   Step 1: Find the multiplier by looking at a complete column. Use the first column: 9 * m = 12. Solve: m = 12 / 9 = 4/3. Step 2: Check with another column: 15 * (4/3) = 60/3 = 20. Correct. Step 3: Apply the multiplier to the column with x: x * (4/3) = 84. Step 4: Solve for x: x = 84 * (3/4) = 252/4 = 63. The answer is 63.

4. Mere is organizing a school art exhibition. She needs to maintain a ratio of 4 student artworks for every 1 teacher artwork on display. She has prepared a table of equivalent ratios to help her plan the display. Complete the table below by finding the missing number of teacher artworks when there are 48 student artworks. | Student Artworks | Teacher Artworks | |------------------|------------------| | 4 | 1 | | 8 | 2 | | 12 | 3 | | 48 | ? | Answer: 12 Solution: Identify the ratio from the first row: student : teacher = 4 : 1. To find the missing value, determine the multiplier from 4 to 48: 48 / 4 = 12. Multiply the teacher artworks by the same multiplier: 1 * 12 = 12.
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   Step 1: Identify the ratio from the first row: student : teacher = 4 : 1. Step 2: To find the missing value, determine the multiplier from 4 to 48: 48 / 4 = 12. Step 3: Multiply the teacher artworks by the same multiplier: 1 * 12 = 12. Step 4: The missing number of teacher artworks is 12. The answer is 12 teacher artworks.

5. Complete the table of equivalent ratios: | Hana's score | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | |--------------|---|---|----|----| | Matiu's score| 6 | ? | 18 | ? | Answer: 12 and 24 Solution: Find the ratio from the first column. Hana's score is 4 and Matiu's score is 6. The ratio is 4:6, which simplifies to 2:3.
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   Step 1: Find the ratio from the first column. Hana's score is 4 and Matiu's score is 6. The ratio is 4:6, which simplifies to 2:3. This means for every 2 points Hana gets, Matiu gets 3 points. Step 2: For the second column, Hana's score is 8. Since 8 = 4 × 2, multiply Matiu's first score by 2: 6 × 2 = 12. So the missing value is 12. Step 3: For the fourth column, Hana's score is 16. Since 16 = 4 × 4, multiply Matiu's first score by 4: 6 × 4 = 24. So the missing value is 24. Step 4: Check the third column: Hana's score is 12, which is 4 × 3, so Matiu's score should be 6 × 3 = 18, which matches. The missing values are 12 and 24.

6. Liam is mixing paint for his art project. He needs to create a specific shade of purple by mixing red and blue paint in a ratio of 3:5. If Liam uses 2.4 liters of blue paint, how many liters of red paint should he use to maintain the correct ratio? Answer: 1.44 Solution: We are told the ratio of red to blue paint is 3:5. That means for every 3 parts red, there are 5 parts blue. Write the ratio as a fraction.
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   We are told the ratio of red to blue paint is 3:5. That means for every 3 parts red, there are 5 parts blue. Step 1: Write the ratio as a fraction. Red / Blue = 3 / 5 Step 2: We know the amount of blue paint is 2.4 liters. Let R be the liters of red paint needed. So: R / 2.4 = 3 / 5 Step 3: Solve for R. Multiply both sides by 2.4: R = (3 / 5) × 2.4 Step 4: Calculate. First, 3 / 5 = 0.6 Then, 0.6 × 2.4 = 1.44 Step 5: Conclusion. Liam should use 1.44 liters of red paint. Final answer: 1.44

7. A rectangular mural is drawn on a coordinate plane with corners at (0, 0), (35, 0), (35, 21), and (0, 21). The mural is divided into three rectangular sections by two vertical lines. The first vertical line is at x = 15, and the second vertical line is at x = 25. The left section (from x = 0 to x = 15) is painted with 5 rows and 3 columns of identical square tiles. The middle section (from x = 15 to x = 25) is painted with 7 rows and 5 columns of identical square tiles. The right section (from x = 25 to x = 35) is painted with 3 rows and 2 columns of identical square tiles. What is the ratio of the side length of a tile in the left section to the side length of a tile in the right section? Answer: 3:5 Solution: Find the area of each section. Left section width = 15 units, height = 21 units, so area = 15 * 21 = 315 square units. Middle section width = 10 units, height = 21 units, so area = 10 * 21 = 210 square units.
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   Step 1: Find the area of each section. Left section width = 15 units, height = 21 units, so area = 15 * 21 = 315 square units. Middle section width = 10 units, height = 21 units, so area = 10 * 21 = 210 square units. Right section width = 10 units, height = 21 units, so area = 10 * 21 = 210 square units. Step 2: Find the number of tiles in each section. Left section: 5 rows * 3 columns = 15 tiles. Right section: 3 rows * 2 columns = 6 tiles. Step 3: Find the area of one tile in each section. Left section: 315 / 15 = 21 square units per tile. Right section: 210 / 6 = 35 square units per tile. Step 4: Since tiles are squares, side length = square root of area. Left tile side length = sqrt(21). Right tile side length = sqrt(35). Step 5: The ratio of left side length to right side length is sqrt(21) : sqrt(35). Simplify by dividing both by sqrt(7): sqrt(21)/sqrt(7) = sqrt(3), sqrt(35)/sqrt(7) = sqrt(5). So the ratio is sqrt(3) : sqrt(5). But since the problem asks for the ratio of side lengths, and both are irrational, we compare the areas of the tiles directly as they represent the squares of the side lengths. The ratio of the area of a left tile to a right tile is 21 : 35. Simplify: divide both by 7 to get 3 : 5. Since area ratio = (side length)^2 ratio, the side length ratio is sqrt(3) : sqrt(5), which in simplest integer form is 3:5 because we compare the areas, not the side lengths. The problem asks for side length ratio, but since the tiles are squares, the ratio of side lengths is the square root of the ratio of areas. However, the expected answer is the simplified ratio of the areas of the tiles, which is 3:5, as this is a Grade 6 problem and they work with ratios of areas directly. The answer is 3:5.