Solving Proportions Quiz

Luna, Abigail, and Evelyn are comparing fractions. Luna says that 3/5 is equal to 6/10. Is Luna correct?

• 3/5 is not equal to 6/10

• Maybe

• Yes

• No

David baked 4 cookies for every 7 cupcakes. Lily baked 8 cookies for every 14 cupcakes. Is the proportion of cookies to cupcakes the same for both David and Lily?

• No

• Yes

• Maybe

• Not sure

Ava is making a recipe that requires a ratio of 5 cups of flour to x cups of sugar. If Samuel uses the same recipe but with a ratio of 8 cups of flour to 12 cups of sugar, how many cups of sugar does Ava need for her recipe?

• x = 10

• x = 6

• x = 4

• x = 7.5

Zoe, Harper, and Michael are baking cookies. If they use 9 cups of flour for 15 batches of cookies, how many cups of flour would they need for 3 batches? Use cross multiplication to solve the proportion: 9/15 = 3/y

• y = 5

• y = 10

• y = 7

• y = 2

Avery is baking a cake and needs to maintain a ratio of sugar to flour. If she uses 2 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour does she need to maintain a ratio of 2 to x, if the ratio of sugar to flour is the same as 4 to 10?

• x = 2

• x = 5

• x = 3

• x = 8

Benjamin was baking a cake and he needed to maintain a ratio for the ingredients. He found that the ratio of sugar to flour he used was 6 to y, which is the same as the ratio of 9 to 15. What is the value of y?

• y = 8

• y = 12

• y = 5

• y = 10

Evelyn, Scarlett, and Priya are shopping for school supplies. If Evelyn buys 4 pencils for $2, how much will it cost if Scarlett and Priya decide to buy 8 pencils?

• $4

• $6

• $8

• $10

Maya is packing for a trip and she finds that 5 of her shirts weigh 2.5 pounds. If she plans to pack 10 shirts, how much will the shirts weigh in total?

• 3 pounds

• 5 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 6 pounds

Lily went to a local market where she found that 3 oranges cost $1.50. If Aria wants to buy 6 oranges, how much will it cost her?

• 2 dollars

• 50 cents

• $3.00

• 75 cents

Charlotte is packing books for a charity event. If 4 books she packed weigh 6 pounds, how much will 8 books weigh?

• 24 pounds

• 10 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 12 pounds