Scaling Up and Down

A builder could get 6 sheets of sheetrock for $9. If he bought 12 sheets, how much money would he have spent?

A sloppy joe restaurant gave 3 napkins for every 7 items ordered. If someone bought 14 items, how many napkins should they get?

In a video game for every 6 enemies defeated, you earned 3 points. If you defeated 48 enemies, how many points would you have earned?

At a school fundraiser for every 9 boxes of chocolate sold you earn 5 points. If you were to sell 72 boxes, how many points would you have earned?

Christian can buy 260 dino nuggies for $65. How many dino nuggies can he get for $5?

A recipe call for 10 teaspoons of seasoning for every 12 batches of chicken. If you have 6 batches of chicken, how many teaspoons of seasoning will you need?

The ratio of boys to girls at the park was 9 to 6. If there were 45 boys, how many total children were there?

For every 6 cans Nicolas collected for recycling he earned 9 cents. After he collected 60 cans, how much money would he have earned?

A box of candy had 4 cherry pieces for every 9 lemon pieces. If the box had 39 pieces of candy, how many cherry pieces would there be?

A grocery store clerk put strawberry and grape jelly on the shelf. The ratio of jars of strawberry jelly to total jars of jelly was 3 to 11. Which could be the number of jars of grape jelly?

• 16

• 9

• 25

• 11