Better Buy, Proportion Word Problems

The ratio of cups of sugar to cups of flour needed to bake cookies is 1:5. If Myesha uses 25 cups of flour, how much sugar is needed?

• 125 cups
• 5 cups
• 15 cups
• 10 cups

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CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

8.  Find the unit rate of $97.50 for 15 pizzas.

• $6 per pizza
• $82.50 per pizza
• $5.50 per pizza
• $6.50 per pizza

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CCSS.6.RP.A.2

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Oreos $2.98 for 15.5 oz.
or
Chips Ahoy $2.50 for 14 oz.
Find the unit price of each and choose the better deal.

• Oreos
• Chips Ahoy

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Sara Lee Turkey $39.48 for 6 lbs.

or

Butterball Turkey $11.16 for 2 lb.

Find the unit price of each and choose the better deal.

• Sara Lee

• Butterball

About 13 out of 20 homes have a personal computer. On a street with 60 homes, how many computers would you expect to have?

• 39 Computers
• 4.3 Homes
• 39 Homes
• 4.3 Computers

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

A model of a car is 3 in wide and 2 in tall. The actual car is 4 ft wide, how tall would it be?

• 3.5

• 4

• 5

• 2.67 (rounded)

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

• 2.5 cups milk
• 1.75 cups milk
• 2 cups flour
• 2.25 cups milk

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2A