Proportions and Measurement Conversions

Rick and Lulu each went on vacation. Rick drove 375 in 5 hours; Lulu drove for 6 hours and 30 minutes. If they traveled at the same speed, how many more miles did Lulu drive than Rick?

• 112.5 miles

• 13.5 miles

• 125 miles

• 207 miles

A farmer can prepare a ¹/₂ acre of soil in 3 days. How long will it take him to prepare 2 ¹/₄ acres of soil?

• 63 days

• 13.5 days

• 10.5 days

• 6 days

A company vehicle is available in black or blue. A random sample includes seven black vehicles and 5 blue vehicles. If there are 300 company vehicles, then how many are blue?

• 112.5 blue cars

• 207 blue cars

• 125 blue cars

• 300 blue cars

Rusty is training for a triathlon. He runs 4 miles for every 9 miles he bikes. At the end of his training, he has run a total of 92 miles. How many total miles did he bike?

• 170 miles

• 112.5 miles

• 125 miles

• 207 miles

A carton of two dozen eggs includes three with cracks. How many eggs without cracks can be expected in six dozen eggs?

• 170 without cracks

• 63 without cracks

• 100 without cracks

• 125 without cracks

A train traveled at a constant speed for six hours and traveled a distance of 408 miles. What is the best estimate of the number of miles the train could travel in 2.5 hours?

• 170 miles

• 63 miles

• 125 miles

• 163 miles

Bailey can read an average of 16 pages during a 30 minute reading period at school. At this rate, approximately how many hours will it take her to read a 336 page book?

• 6 hours

• 13.5 hours

• 10.5 hours

• 0.6 hours

Luciana draws a map of her neighborhood. She uses a scale to show 1 inch equals 5 miles. What distance on Luciana's map should represent the 3 miles between her house and the park?

• 5 inches

• 3 inches

• 10.5 inches

• 0.6 inches

A baseball team has won 25 games and lost 12 games. If the baseball team's rate continues through a 148 game season, then how many games will they have won?

• 63 games

• 100 games

• 170 games

• 780 games

A random survey showed that 35 out of 52 people plan to vote for Mr. Powell for Mayor. About how many people voted in the election, if 525 voted for Mr. Powell?

• 780 people

• 170 people

• 100 people

• 600 people