Solving Proportions Word Problems

Scarlett and Nora are planning a cookie baking party. They found a recipe that requires 2 cups of flour to make 12 cookies. If they want to bake 24 cookies for their friend Isla, how many cups of flour will they need?

• 8

• 4

• 6

• 2

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Lily, Ava, and Arjun went on a road trip in a car that can travel 240 miles in 4 hours. If they continue their journey for 6 hours, how far can they travel?

• 720 miles

• 360 miles

• 600 miles

• 480 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

William is looking at a map with a scale that shows 1 inch represents 10 miles. He notices that two cities, Nora City and Hannah Town, are 3.5 inches apart on the map. How far are these cities from each other in real life?

• 35 miles

• 100 miles

• 3.5 miles

• 0.35 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Arjun works at a factory that produces widgets. The factory's machine can produce 200 widgets in 5 hours. If the machine runs for 8 hours, how many widgets can it produce?

• 400

• 320

• 240

• 160

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Mason is baking cookies for a school event. He found a recipe that requires 3 cups of sugar to make 24 cookies. If he wants to make 36 cookies for the event, how many cups of sugar does he need?

• 9

• 6

• 2

• 4.5

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Arjun is planning a road trip with his friends Daniel and Aria. They drive a car that can travel 360 miles in 6 hours. If they want to extend their trip to 9 hours, how far can they travel?

• 180 miles

• 270 miles

• 540 miles

• 720 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Noah and Zoe are planning a road trip between two cities. On their map, 1 inch represents 20 miles. If the two cities are 2.5 inches apart on the map, how far are they from each other in real life?

• 10 miles

• 25 miles

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Michael works at a factory that produces widgets. The factory's machine can produce 300 widgets in 6 hours. If the machine runs for 10 hours, how many widgets will it produce?

• 400

• 600

• 500

• 200

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Ethan is planning to bake cookies for a school event. His grandmother's recipe calls for 4 cups of flour to make 36 cookies. If Ethan wants to bake 48 cookies for his friends, how many cups of flour will he need?

• 8

• 6

• 7

• 5

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

William's car travels 480 miles in 8 hours during a road trip. If he continues at the same speed, how far can he travel in 12 hours?

• 720 miles

• 240 miles

• 360 miles

• 600 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B