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Ratios - Calculate Value from Total Ratio (Level 2)

This math topic focuses on practicing the calculation of unknown values in ratios. It covers scenarios involving ratios of cats, dogs, tennis balls, soccer balls, boys, and girls to their respective total counts (e.g., all pets or all balls). Each problem presents a specific part-to-total ratio and asks the student to determine the unknown part from it. This topic falls within a broader unit on ratios of lengths. Each exercise requires students to utilize basic ratio concepts to solve problems in contextually different settings, ranging from sports equipment to pets and gender distributions.

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Ratios - Calculate Value from Total Ratio

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How many dogs are there?

cats : 16dogs : ?(dogs:all pets) = (5:9)\text{cats : 16}\\\text{dogs : ?}\\\text{(dogs:all pets) = (5:9)}\\