Standardized Test Questions (Ratios and Rates #2)

A farmer harvested 14,000 pounds of almonds from an 8-acre orchard. Which proportion could be solved to find x, the expected harvest from a 30-acre orchard?

The weekly milk order for the Tranquility Inn includes 40 gallons of low-fat milk and 15 gallons of chocolate milk. What is the ratio of the number of low-fat gallons to chocolate gallons in the Tranquility Inn’s weekly milk order?

A certain map uses a scale of 1 inch equals 25 miles. How many miles are represented by 5 inches on this map?

• 5

• 25

• 50

• 125

In a scale drawing, 1/2 inch represents 3 feet.

If the same scale is used, how many inches will be needed to represent 24 feet?

• 2 inches

• 4 inches

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

When wheel B turns 2 revolutions, wheel A turns 5 revolutions. When wheel A turns 40 revolutions, how many revolutions does wheel B turn?

• 4

• 16

• 80

• 100

A company makes 5 blue cars for every 3 white cars it makes. If the company makes 15 white cars in one day, how many blue cars will it make?

• 9

• 13

• 17

• 25

Miranda enlarged a picture proportionally. Her original picture is 4 cm wide and 6 cm long. If the new, larger picture is 10 cm wide, what is its length?

• 8 cm

• 12 cm

• 15 cm

• 20 cm

The practice range at a golf course charges $4.00 for a bucket of 40 golf balls. At this rate, how much will a bucket of 100 golf balls cost?

• $10.00

• $10.50

• $13.50

• $16.00

It takes a machine 12 minutes to fill 200 bottles of soda. At this rate, how many minutes will it take the machine to fill 500 bottles of soda?

• 25 minutes

• 28 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 40 minutes

A car gets 24 miles per gallon of gasoline (mi/gal). How many gallons of gasoline would the car need to travel 144 miles?

• 6.5 gallons

• 6 gallons

• 5.5 gallons

• 5 gallons