HW:  Math Menu #2

1.  Jeanette wants to save money, but she has not been good at it in the past. The ratio of the amount of money in Jeanette’s savings account to the amount of money in her checking account was 1:6. Because Jeanette is trying to get better at saving money, she moves some money out of her checking account and into her savings account. Now, the ratio of the amount of money in her savings account to the amount of money in her checking account is 4:3. If Jeanette had $936 in her checking account before moving money, how much money does Jeanette have in each account after moving money?  

2.     A mixture of vanilla to chocolate in swirl ice cream is 20:11.  In the factory, there is 108 more vanilla teaspoons than chocolate in the swirl mixture.  How many teaspoons are chocolate?

3.  Students surveyed boys and girls separately to determine which sport was enjoyed the most. After completing the boy survey, it was determined that for every 3 boys who enjoyed soccer, 5 boys enjoyed basketball. The girl survey had a ratio of the number of girls who enjoyed soccer to the number of girls who enjoyed basketball of 7:1. If the same number of boys and girls were surveyed and 90 boys enjoy soccer, how many girls enjoy each sport?

4.  Daniel and Marcus collect beads.  For every 7 beads that Marcus has, Daniel has 13.  If Daniel has 162 more than Marcus, how many does Marcus have?

5.  Shelley compared the number of oak trees to the number of maple trees as part of a study about hardwood trees in a woodlot. She counted 9 maple trees to every 5 oak trees. Later in the year there was a bug problem and many trees died. New trees were planted to make sure there was the same number of trees as before the bug problem. The new ratio of the number of maple trees to the number of oak trees is 3:11. After planting new trees, there were 132 oak trees. How many more maple trees were in the woodlot before the bug problem than after the bug problem? Explain.