Solving Proportions

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Solve the proportion.

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y = 81

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Solve the proportion.

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x = 40

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The ratio of boys to girls that attend the Boys and Girls Club is 5 to 3. How many girls attend the Boys and Girls Club if there are 65 boys?

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39 girls

Front

Solve for x

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x=6

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Solve for x

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x = 10

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Solve for x

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x = 20

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Solve for x

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x = 28

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Pat needs 14 sticks of pepperoni to make 28 pizzas. How many sticks of pepperoni are needed to make 36 pizzas?

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18 sticks

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Courtney’s summer camp has 2 canoes for every 5 campers. If there are 70 campers in all, which proportion can be used to calculate how many canoes there are at the camp?

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Front

It takes Mike 18 minutes to finish reading 4 pages of a book. If Mike reads each page at the same pace, how long does it take for him to finish reading 30 pages?

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135 minutes