Grade 5 Ratios and Rates Worksheet

Ratios and Rates Practice

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work when necessary.

1. In a basket of fruit, there are 5 apples and 3 bananas. What is the ratio of apples to bananas?

2. There are 10 boys and 12 girls in a class. What is the ratio of girls to boys in simplest form?

3. Which of the following ratios is equivalent to 2:3?

4. A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 1 cup of sugar. What is the ratio of sugar to flour?

5. If a car travels 120 miles in 2 hours, its speed is   miles per hour.

6. A baker makes 24 cookies in 30 minutes. This is a rate of   cookies per minute.

7. John can read 40 pages in 20 minutes. His reading rate is   pages per minute.

8. Sarah bought 3 pencils for $1.50. How much would 5 pencils cost at the same rate?

9. A juice recipe requires 4 parts orange juice to 1 part pineapple juice. If you use 8 cups of orange juice, how much pineapple juice do you need?

10. A ratio compares two quantities by division.

11. A rate always has units like 'per hour' or 'per minute'.