Grade 6 — Write each ratio, simplify fractions to lowest terms, and convert to a percent. Show your work.
1. Maya landed 12 of her 20 Sleeper attempts. Write the ratio of landed tricks to total attempts, simplify the fraction to lowest terms, and convert it to a percent.
2. The club owns 30 yo-yos: 18 beginner yo-yos and 12 pro yo-yos. Write the ratio of beginner yo-yos to pro yo-yos in lowest terms.
3. Ava lands 15 tricks in 5 minutes of practice. What is her unit rate in tricks per minute?
4. A yo-yo string is 50 inches long. The coach trims off 10% of it. How many inches are trimmed off, and how long is the string now?
5. Of 25 contest tricks, a player landed 20. What percent of the tricks did the player land?
6. A string pack holds 10 strings: 4 white and 6 neon. Write the ratio of white strings to total strings in lowest terms.
7. Three yo-yos cost $24 in total. What is the unit price per yo-yo?
8. A $40 yo-yo is on sale for 25% off. How much is the discount, and what is the sale price?
| 1. 12:20 = 3/5 = 60% (12÷4=3, 20÷4=5; 3÷5=0.60) | 2. 3:2 (18÷6=3, 12÷6=2) |
| 3. 3 tricks per minute (15÷5=3) | 4. 5 in. trimmed; 45 in. left (0.10×50=5; 50−5=45) |
| 5. 80% (20/25=4/5=0.80) | 6. 2:5 (4÷2=2, 10÷2=5) |
| 7. $8 per yo-yo (24÷3=8) | 8. $10 off; $30 sale price (0.25×40=10; 40−10=30) |