Solving Proportions

Write and solve a proportion for this scenario.

If Shane can bake 120 dozen cookies in five days, how many days would it take to bake 800 dozen cookies?

• about 34 days

• about 30 days

• about 12 days

• about 7 days

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Hunter buys 36 baseball cards for $18. How many baseball cards can Troy buy if he has $9?

• 18 baseball cards

• 4 baseball cards

• 24 baseball cards

• 16 baseball cards

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Mrs. Sparks has been craving smoothies lately. She buys a 20oz chocolate smoothie for $7. Mrs. Jones also buys a 17oz chocolate smoothie. How much is Mrs. Jones smoothie?

• $5.95

• $6

• 8.24

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Ms. Hensley's family owns a green bean farm. If Ms. Hensley can grow 225 bushels in 3 acres, how many bushels can she grow in 9.6 acres?

• 720 bushels

• 675 bushels

• 75 bushels

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Finley and Cooper are wanting to go to Skyzone. Finley pays $53.75 for 5 hours. How much will Cooper pay for 3 hours?

• $32.25

• $89.53

• 26.88

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

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.7.RP.A.3

Solve the proportion.

• k=5
• k=3.3333333
• k=60
• k=90

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.2B

In an animal shelter, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5 to 3. There are 25 dogs.  Write and solve a proportion to find the number c of cats.

• c=15
• c=18
• c=21
• c=16

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Mix 3/4 liters of lemon water with 1 1/2 cups of sugar to make lemonade. How many liters of lemon water are mixed with 6 cups of sugar?

• 4 liters of water

• 3 liters of water

• 2.25 liters of water

• 5 liters of water

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

2 1/4 gallons of paint cover 450 square feet. How many gallons will cover 1350 square feet?

• 3 gallons

• 6 1/4 gallons

• 6 3/4 gallons

• 7 gallons

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B