Applications of Ratios
Interactive practice questions
There are two celebration dinners happening at Happy Mo's Restaurant. Each has $6$6 men at the table. At Beth’s birthday table there is a ratio of men to women of $1:3$1:3. At Buzz’s table the ratio is $3:1$3:1.
We want to find out what the ratio of men to women will be if the two celebration dinners join together.
What is the number of women at Beth's birthday table?
What is the number of women at Buzz's table?
What is the total number of men at the two tables?
What is the total number of women at the two tables?
Hence what is the ratio of men to women when the tables are combined?
The edge lengths of two different squares are as follows. Square A has an edge length of $3$3 ft. Square B has an edge length of $10$10 ft.
Consider the following ratios:
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Charlie is practising for a swimming race. He has to practise in a pool that is $\frac{1}{20}$120 of a kilometer long. He knows for every length of this pool he takes $1$1$\frac{1}{3}$13 minutes. How long will he expect to take to complete his race which is over $3$3 kilometers?