A teacher asks a grade three class their favorite color. 8 students like the color orange and 4 students like the color purple. The teacher then asks a grade four class about their favorite colors. 36 students like the color orange and 9 students like the color purple. In which class is the ratio of students that like orange to the students the like purple the highest?

\(Neither; \, the \, ratios \, are \, equivalent\)

In the winter, a travel agent sells 30 vacations to Mexico and 3 vacations to France. In the summer, the travel agent sells 12 vacations to Mexico and 6 vacations to France. In which season was the ratio of vacations to Mexico to vacations to France the highest?

\(Neither; \, the \, ratios \, are \, equivalent\)

Happy Cupcake Company sells 8 cupcakes and Tasty Cupcake Company sells 4 cupcakes in the morning. In the afternoon, Happy Cupcake Company sells 72 cupcakes and Tasty Cupcake Company sells 9 cupcakes. Which time of day was the ratio of Happy Cupcake sales to Tasty Cupcake sales the highest?

\(Neither; \, the \, ratios \, are \, equivalent\)

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The Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics

Grade 7 - Algebraic Reasoning & Algebra

Standard 7.A.2.1 - Compare and understand ratios in a word problem.

Included Skills: Ratios

Represent proportional relationships with tables, verbal descriptions, symbols, and graphs; translate from one representation to another. Determine and compare the unit rate (constant of proportionality, slope, or rate of change) given any of these representations.