Working out ratios


This task is about working out problems involving ratios.
 


illustration: ginger beer bottle and glass


a)

When Beth makes ginger beer she uses a recipe that has 3 cups of gingerbeer mix to every 2 cups of sugar.
If she uses 16 cups of sugar, how many cups of gingerbeer mix will Beth use?
 
__________ cups
 


illustration: computer


b)

Jed decided to spend 30 minutes playing computer games after every 2 hours of study.
If he was able to have 1 hour 30 minutes playing computer games, how much study did he do?
 
__________ hours
 
 

illustration: pink sweet  illustration: blue sweet  illustration: blue green


c)

Atawhai sorted a bag of sweets and found for every 5 pink sweets she had 4 blue sweets and 2 green sweets.
If she had 10 green sweets, how many pink and blue did she have?
  
  __________ pink sweets                                   __________ blue sweets
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