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Proportion Word Problems (Complex Fractions)

Authored by Ryan Estes

Mathematics

6th - 8th Grade

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Proportion Word Problems (Complex Fractions)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A water hose had filled up 1/7 of a pool after 1/10 of an hour. At this rate, how many hours would it take to fill the (1) pool?

7/10 of an hour

1/8 of an hour

1/10 of an hour

7/8 of an hour

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A snail going full speed was taking 1/2 of a minute to move

1/2 of a centimeter. At this rate, how long would it take the snail to travel 1 centimeter?

1 minute

2 minutes

3 minutes

4 minutes

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A pencil making machine took 1/10 of a second to make enough pencils to fill 1/2 of a box. At this rate, how long would it take the machine to fill the entire (1) box?

1/5 of a second

1/10 of a second

1/8 of a second

3/10 of a second

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A dejuicer was able to squeeze a pint of juice from 1/10 bag of oranges. This amount of juice filled up 1/3 of a jug. At this rate, how many bags will it take

to fill the entire (1) jug?

3/10 of a bag

1/10 of a bag

1/5 of a bag

2/5 of a bag

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Haley spent 1/2 of an hour playing on her phone. That used up 1/9 of her battery. How long would she have to play on her phone to use the entire (1) battery?

4.5 hours

1.5 hours

2.5 hours

3.5 hours

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

While exercising Ned walked 1 ⁄8 of a mile in 1 ⁄2 of an hour. At this rate, how far will he have traveled after 2 hours?

0.5 of a mile

0.75 of a mile

0.25 of a mile

1 mile

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A carpenter used 1 ⁄2 of a box of nails while working on a birdhouse and was able to finish 1 ⁄4 of it. At this rate, how many boxes will he need to finish 1 birdhouse?

2 boxes

3 boxes

4 boxes

5 boxes

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

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