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Math
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Practice
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Try the following
problems:
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A soccer team
played 25 games and won 17.
a. What is the ratio of the number of wins to the
number of loses?
b. What
is the ratio of the number of games played to the number
of games won?
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| 2. |
In a senior
class, there are b boys and
g girls. Express the
ratio of the number of boys to the total number in the
class.
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Express this
ratio in simplest form:
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The
Yankees won 125 games, the Red Sox won 97 games, and the
Mets won 86 games. What is the ratio of wins of
the Yankees to the Red Sox to the Mets?
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Two
numbers are in a ratio of 5 : 3. Their sum is
80. Find the largest number.
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Mr.
Smith and Mr. Kelly are business partners. They
agreed to divide the profits in the ratio of 3 :
2. The profit amounted to $24,000. How much
did each person receive?
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The
measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of
2 : 3 : 4. Find the number of degrees in the
smallest angle of the triangle.
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Two
angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 3 : 5.
The difference of the angles is 30 degrees. Find
the number of degrees in the largest angle in the
triangle.
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What
is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its
radius?
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The
length and width of a rectangle are in the ratio of 5 :
2. Express in terms of x the perimeter of the
rectangle.
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