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Ratio Tape Diagrams: Given the Difference · Easy Worksheet 1

Ratio Tape Diagrams: Given the Difference — Easy Worksheet 1

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Use the tape diagram. Find the value of one box first, then answer the question.

How to solve

The difference fills the extra boxes in the longer tape. Divide the difference by the number of extra boxes to find the value of one box. Then multiply: an amount = its number of boxes × the value of one box. For a ratio of 4 : 5 with 3 more dogs than cats, 1 extra box is 3, so there are 4 × 3 = 12 cats, 5 × 3 = 15 dogs and 27 animals.

Example

On a bookshelf, the ratio of comic books to novels is 3 : 5. There are 4 more novels than comic books. What is the value of each box?

number of comic books2224 morenumber of novels22222
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1 At a bake sale, the ratio of muffins to cookies is 5 : 3. There are 6 more muffins than cookies. What is the value of each box?
6 morenumber of muffinsnumber of cookies
2 At the kennel, the ratio of cats to dogs is 3 : 4. There are 4 more dogs than cats. How many cats are there?
number of cats4 morenumber of dogs
3 In a bag, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 3 : 1. There are 8 more red marbles than blue marbles. How many blue marbles are there?
8 morenumber of red marblesnumber of blue marbles
4 At a bake sale, the ratio of muffins to cookies is 1 : 3. There are 4 more cookies than muffins. What is the value of each box?
number of muffins4 morenumber of cookies
5 In a fruit basket, the ratio of apples to oranges is 1 : 5. There are 8 more oranges than apples. How many apples are there?
number of apples8 morenumber of oranges
6 At a soccer game, the ratio of home fans to away fans is 4 : 3. There are 5 more home fans than away fans. How many away fans are there?
5 morenumber of home fansnumber of away fans
7 In a fruit basket, the ratio of apples to oranges is 3 : 5. There are 6 more oranges than apples. How many pieces of fruit are there in all?
number of apples6 morenumber of oranges
8 In a garden, the ratio of tulips to roses is 2 : 3. There are 3 more roses than tulips. How many tulips are there?
number of tulips3 morenumber of roses

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