Ratio problems

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Ratio review (9.7a)

A box contains caramel and toffee chocolates. 3/10 of the chocolates are caramel. What is the ratio of caramel to toffee chocolates in the box?

Which ratio could be described by the statement: A is 3/5 of B. All options are given in the form A : B.

At a bake sale 25% of the cupcakes on sale are chocolate.  3/5 of the cupcakes are vanilla and the rest are peanut butter. What is the ratio of chocolate:vanilla:peanut butter?

At a bake sale 25% of the cupcakes on sale are chocolate.  3/5 of the cupcakes are vanilla and the rest are peanut butter. If there are 48 peanut butter cupcakes, how many cupcakes are there altogether?

The ratio of roses to violets is 3 : 4.  The ratio of violets to daisies is 6 : 5. What is the ratio of roses to violets to daisies, in its simplest form?

The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. What type of triangle is it?

The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. What type of triangle is it?

The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 1 : 1. What type of triangle is it?

The ratio of Adam’s height to Tony’s height is 7 : 9. Adam is 154 cm tall. How tall is Tony?

The ratio of Adam’s height to Tony’s height is 7 : 9. Adam is 154 cm tall. How much taller is Tony?

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