Proportions Refresher

Mrs Estrada has 176 slices of bread in 8 loaves. If there are the same number of slices in each loaf, how many slices of bread are in 3 loaves?

• 110

• 66

• 22

• 58

There are 9 students in a classroom that play football, this is 37.5% of the class. Which proportion could you use to help you solve for the total number of students in the class?

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Pacino worked 8 hours out of the day. Which proportion could you use to help you solve the percent of the day he worked?

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23% of all car accidents are related to texting while driving. If there were 138 accidents due to texting, how many total accidents occurred?

• 16

• 32

• 300

• 600

A store owner estimates that 8 out of every 50 candy bars sold are Milky Way. What percentage of the candy bars sold are Milky Way?

• 62.5%

• 33%

• 22%

• 16%

Ten daisies represents 20% of the flowers in a bouquet. How many flowers are in the bouquet?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

30% of the employees at a company picnic ate a hot dog for lunch. If 60 employees ate a hotdog, how many people were at the picnic?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

In a cookie recipe, 1 and 2/3 cups of milk are used to make 16 cookies. How many cups of milk are needed to make 24 cookies?

• 1 and 1/2
• 2 and 1/2
• 9 and 3/5
• 1

There are 8 teacher and 40 students going on a field trip. If 20 more students decided to go on the field trip, then how many more teachers must go to keep it proportional?

• 5 more teachers
• 4 more teachers
• 2 more teachers
• none

A glacier moves about 12 inches every 36 hours. About how far does the glacier move in 90 hours?

• 4. 8 inches
• 30 inches
• 270 inches
• 180 inches