Proportion Word Problems

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour to make 12 cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to make 24 cookies?

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 4

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Emma, Henry, and Anika are on a road trip. They notice that their car travels 240 miles in 4 hours. They start wondering, if they continue at the same speed, how far can they travel in 6 hours?

• 720 miles

• 360 miles

• 600 miles

• 480 miles

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William, Scarlett, and Ethan are on a treasure hunt! They found a map where 1 inch represents 10 miles. If the treasure spot is 3.5 inches away on the map, how far do they need to travel in real life to find the treasure?

• 35 miles

• 40 miles

• 30 miles

• 25 miles

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A machine can produce 200 widgets in 5 hours. How many widgets can it produce in 8 hours?

• 1200

• 1000

• 400

• 320

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Samuel, Aiden, and Ava are having a cookie baking competition! They found a recipe that calls for 3 cups of sugar to make 24 cookies. They decided to up their game and bake 36 cookies. Can you help them figure out how many cups of sugar they need?

• 5

• 4.5

• 3.5

• 6

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Ethan, Hannah, and Harper are on a road trip. They notice that their car travels 360 miles in 6 hours. They start wondering, 'If we keep this pace, how far can we travel in 9 hours?'

• 270 miles

• 450 miles

• 540 miles

• 720 miles

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Grace, Elijah, and Maya are on a treasure hunt! They found a map where 1 inch represents 20 miles. If the treasure spot is 2.5 inches away on the map, how far do they need to travel in real life to find the treasure?

• 50 miles

• 25 miles

• 40 miles

• 60 miles

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Imagine this: Oliver and Mason are running a widget-making competition. Their super cool widget machine can churn out 300 widgets in just 6 hours! Now, if Mia joins the fun and they decide to run the machine for 10 hours, how many widgets do you think they'll end up with?

• 250

• 400

• 600

• 500

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Ethan, Grace, and Evelyn are having a cookie baking competition! Ethan's secret recipe calls for 4 cups of flour to make 36 delicious cookies. If Evelyn wants to outdo him and bake 48 cookies, how many cups of flour will she need for her recipe?

• 7

• 5.33

• 5

• 6.33

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Imagine Lily, Zoe, and Anika are on a road trip. They are driving a car that can travel 480 miles in 8 hours. If they continue their journey for 12 hours, how far can they travel?

• 640 miles

• 520 miles

• 560 miles

• 720 miles

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