SAT Math › How to find a ratio
Two cars were traveling 630 miles. Car A traveled an average speed of 70 miles per hour. If car B traveled 90 miles an hour, how many miles had car A traveled when car B arrived at the destination?
In the reptile house at the zoo, the ratio of snakes to lizards is 3 to 5. After the zoo adds 15 more snakes to the exhibit, the ratio changes to 4 to 5. How many lizards are in the reptile house?
The first term in a sequence is m. If every term thereafter is 5 greater than 1/10 of the preceding term, and m≠0, what is the ratio of the second term to the first term?
The ratio of the number of financial employees who remained in the same role for 2 to 9 years to the number of construction employees who remained in the same role for 0 to 4 years is closest to which of the following?
If the ratio of q to r is 3:5 and the ratio of r to s is 10:7, what is the ratio of q to s?
STUDENT ATHLETES WHO USE STEROIDS | |||
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MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | |
BASKETBALL | A | B | C |
SOCCER | D | E | F |
TOTAL | G | H | I |
In the table above, each letter represents the number of students in each category. Which of the following must be equal to I?
A particular ball always bounces back to 2/5 of the height of its previous bounce after being dropped. After the first bounce it reaches a height of 175 inches. Approximately how high (in inches) will it reach after its fifth bounce?
A gallon contains 8 pints. Each pint contains 2 cups. How many cups are in a 10-gallon jug of water?
A bag contains 240 marbles that are either red, blue, or green. The ratio of red to blue to green marbles is 5 : 2 : 1. If one-third of the red marbles and two-thirds of the green marbles are removed, what fraction of the remaining marbles in the bag will be blue?
A cafeteria with 40 tables can sit 600 people. Some tables can sit 10 people and some can sit 20 people. What is the ratio of the number of 10-person tables to the number of 20-person tables?