and are positive. Which is the greater quantity?

(a)

(b)

Mike drove 120 miles to his mother's house. He finished the trip in two hours and 15 minutes. It took him one hour to drive the first 50 miles.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) Mike's average speed over the first 50 miles

(b) Mike's average speed over the last 70 miles

In a given neighborhood, there are 200 vehicles. Half of these are cars, a quarter are SUVs, five percent are motorcycles, and the remaining amount are trucks. If the number of trucks are doubled, what is the ratio of motorcycles to total vehicles?

In a bowl of pieces of fruit, are apples. The rest are kiwis. If the number of apples is doubled, what is the ratio of kiwis to the total number of fruit in the newly enlarged quantity of fruit in the bowl.

and are positive.

The ratios 20 to and to 40 are equvalent.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a)

(b)

The distance between Wilsonville and Coleman is 320 miles and is represented by six inches on a map. The distance between Wilsonville and Garrett is 120 miles.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The distance between Coleman and Garrett on the map

(b)

In a bowl of pieces of fruit, are apples. The rest are kiwis. If the number of apples is doubled, what is the ratio of kiwis to the total number of fruit in the newly enlarged quantity of fruit in the bowl.

Travis took 45 minutes to drive a total of 40 miles.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 55 miles per hour

(b) The average rate at which Travis drove

On Katy's facebook page, she has friends who are girls, friends that are boys, friends from her home town, and 100 friends that are from Michigan. What is the ratio of girl to friends from Michigan?

There are fifteen boys in a room and twelve girls. Five more girls enter. What is the ratio of girls to total students in the room after this change occurs?