Proportion Practice #1

Question A n x 6

Question B n x 5

Question C n x 7 x 6

Question D n x 4

Question E n x 17 x 5

Question F x 3 n

Question G x 8 n

Question H x 4 n

Question I 3 : 4 = 27 : 36 x 9 n

Question J 5 : 6 = 20 : 24 x 4 n

Question K 2 : 7 = 10 : 35 x 5 n

Question L 6 : 1 = 78 : 13 x 6 n

Question M n : 8 = 21 : 28 x 2 6 : 8 = 3 : 4 n

Question N 7 : 10 = 140 : 200 x 20 n

Question O 8 : 5 = 320 : 200 x 40 n

Question P 4 : 3 = 180 : 135 x 45 n

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Baseball player: 3 hits for every 8 times at bat. How many hits for 96 times at bat? n x 12

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Car: 6 kilometres driven per litre of gasoline. How many kilometres driven on 37 litres? n x 6

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Basketball player: 7 free throws out of every 9 attempts. How many free throws in 135 attempts? n x 15

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Picnic: 2 hot dogs per person. How many hot dogs needed to feed 126 people? n x 2

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Class: ratio of girls to boys is 7 to 9. If there are 56 girls how many boys are there? n x 8

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Population: ratio of City X to City Y is 6 to 5. If 3000 people live in City Y, how many in City X? n x 600

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Scale on map: 1cm = 35km What is the actual distance if the distance on the map is 4.9cm? n x 4.9

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Recipe: 5 grams salt per litre of water. How many grams of salt needed for 1 kilolitre of water? n x 1000

Proportion Practice Multiple Choice Set 13

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it What value of x makes the following proportion true? x 2.5 Set 13 #1

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it If the value of a in the proportion below is 2, what is the value of b? x 2 a b Set 13 #2

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it All of the following values of x and y will make the proportion below true except which one? x 5.5 Set 13 #3    

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it Name two sets of values for a and b that will make the proportion below true: Set 13 #4

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it If a flagpole that is 30 feet high casts a shadow 16 feet long, what is the length of the shadow cast by a flagpole that is 36 feet high? n x 1.2 Set 13 #5

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it A factory produces 54 widgets every half hour. At this rate, how long would it take to produce 405 widgets? n x 7.5 Set 13 #6

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it In a 40-piece box of candy, 16 of the pieces contain nuts. At this rate, how many pieces of candy with nuts would be found in a 60-piece box? n x 1.5 Set 13 #7

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it This morning it took May 20 minutes to read 16 pages of her book. If she plans to read for 2 hours before going to bed tonight, what is the best prediction for the number of pages she will read? n x 6 Set 13 #8

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it If a dozen butter cookies cost $3, how much do 54 cookies cost? n x 4 Set 13 #9

Write a proportion for each problem and solve it John pays $0.78 for two feet of wire. When he gets home, he realizes that he needs 11 more yards of wire to finish his project. How much will it cost to buy this additional wire? n x 16.5 Set 13 #10 1 yard = 3 feet

Proportion Practice Multiple Choice Set 14 & 15 Finish and Hand in!