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Grade 6 Ratios Practice

Understand & Represent Ratios

Meet ratios! Tell a ratio from a rate and switch between them, write part-to-part and part-to-whole ratios, and write the same ratio in different forms.

Also known as Class 6 maths — the same topics, whether your school calls it grade, class or year.

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Sample questions

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  1. Read & Write Part-to-Part Ratios

    A shelter holds 13 cats and 4 dogs. Which ratio represents cats to dogs?
    • 4:13
    • 13:4
    • 17:13
    • 13:17
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    Answer:
    13:4

  2. Write Ratios in Different Forms

    Which fraction shows the ratio 20 ⁣: ⁣1820\!:\!18?
    • 3818\frac{38}{18}
    • 2018\frac{20}{18}
    • 1820\frac{18}{20}
    • 3601\frac{360}{1}
    Show answer
    Answer:
    2018\frac{20}{18}

  3. Read & Write Part-to-Part Ratios

    There are 2 swings and 6 slides in the park. What is the ratio of swings to slides?
    Show answer
    Answer:
    2:6

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A worked example

A shelter holds 13 cats and 4 dogs. Which ratio represents cats to dogs?
  1. A ratio compares two quantities. The first quantity mentioned in the comparison goes before the colon, the second goes after.
  2. Read the problem. There are 13 cats and 4 dogs.
  3. The question asks for the ratio of cats to dogs. Since 'cats' is asked first, 13 goes before the colon. Since 'dogs' is asked second, 4 goes after the colon.
  4. The correct answer is 13:413{:}4
  5. Why are the other options wrong?\\[4pt]✘ 4:134{:}13 → This reverses the order, giving dogs to cats instead.

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