1. Practical Problems SOL 8.3a Ratios, Percents and Proportions Directions: Write three proportions word problems. Some will make it onto the review activity tomorrow for the quiz!

2. Karen has 350 followers on Instagram. She only knows 100 of those people. What percentage of her followers does she know? Khalif posted a video on YouTube. He got 15 likes in the first hour. At that rate, how many likes will he have in 4.5 hours? Jayson had 7 hits in 18 at bats. At this rate, how many hits will he likely get if he bats 90 times? A bakery owner found that 3 cookies in a batch of 48 were broken. How many broken cookies would likely be found in a batch of 12 dozen? Hint- 1 dozen is 12 cookies It takes Anna 3 hours to make 5 friendship bracelets. How many hours of work will it likely take Anna to make 40 bracelets? During a magazine sale, 5 students sold 14 subscriptions. Based on this sample, how many subscriptions would 100 students likely sell? A sample showed that 9 zippers in a batch of 450 were defective. At this rate, how many defective zippers would likely be found in a batch of 1,000? Julie has a photograph that is 3 inches wide and 5 inches tall. She wants to enlarge it so that it is 35 inches tall, how wide will the new photograph be? At Skate America they the ratio of inline skates to traditional skate rentals is 1:3. If they rent 450 inline skates in a weekend, how many traditional skate rentals will they have? A recipe for rice crispy calls for 10 cups of cereal and 6 cups of marshmallows, if you use 30 cups of marshmallows, how many cups of cereal will you need? The Eagles currently have 9 wins out of 11 games this season. If they continue at this rate, how many wins can we expect after they play 33 games? In 2012 PTMS was 55% female students. If there were 650 total students, how many male students were enrolled at PTMS?

3. Shawna reduced the size of a rectangle to a height of 2 in. What is the new width if it was originally 24 in wide and 12 in tall? One jar of crushed ginger costs $2. How many jars can you buy for $4? Ming was planning a trip to Western Samoa. Before going, she did some research and learned that the exchange rate is 6 Tala for $2. How many Tala would she get if she exchanged $6? This year Jamal is able to bench- press 145% of the weight he could bench-press last year. If he could bench-press 45 pounds last year, how much can he bench- press this year? One bunch of seedlees black grapes costs $2. How many bunches can you buy for $20? Jasmine bought 32 kiwi fruit for $16. How many kiwi can Lisa buy if she has $4? Homework 12.11.14 Shawna reduced the size of a rectangle to a height of 2 in. What is the new width if it was originally 24 in wide and 12 in tall? One jar of crushed ginger costs $2. How many jars can you buy for $4? Ming was planning a trip to Western Samoa. Before going, she did some research and learned that the exchange rate is 6 Tala for $2. How many Tala would she get if she exchanged $6? This year Jamal is able to bench- press 145% of the weight he could bench-press last year. If he could bench-press 45 pounds last year, how much can he bench- press this year? One bunch of seedlees black grapes costs $2. How many bunches can you buy for $20? Jasmine bought 32 kiwi fruit for $16. How many kiwi can Lisa buy if she has $4? Homework 12.11.14