Real World Proportion Problem with Fractions

A water hose had filled up 1/7 of a pool after 1/10 of an hour. At this rate, how many hours would it take to fill the (1) pool?

• 7/10 of an hour

• 1/8 of an hour

• 1/10 of an hour

• 7/8 of an hour

A snail going full speed was taking 1/2 of a minute to move

1/2 of a centimeter. At this rate, how long would it take the snail to travel 1 centimeter?

• 1 minute

• 2 minutes

• 3 minutes

• 4 minutes

A pencil making machine took 1/10 of a second to make enough pencils to fill 1/2 of a box. At this rate, how long would it take the machine to fill the entire (1) box?

• 1/5 of a second

• 1/10 of a second

• 1/8 of a second

• 3/10 of a second

A dejuicer was able to squeeze a pint of juice from 1/10 bag of oranges. This amount of juice filled up 1/3 of a jug. At this rate, how many bags will it take

to fill the entire (1) jug?

• 3/10 of a bag

• 1/10 of a bag

• 1/5 of a bag

• 2/5 of a bag

Haley spent 1/2 of an hour playing on her phone. That used up 1/9 of her battery. How long would she have to play on her phone to use the entire (1) battery?

• 4.5 hours

• 1.5 hours

• 2.5 hours

• 3.5 hours

While exercising Ned walked 1 ⁄8 of a mile in 1 ⁄2 of an hour. At this rate, how far will he have traveled after 2 hours?

• 0.5 of a mile

• 0.75 of a mile

• 0.25 of a mile

• 1 mile

A carpenter used 1 ⁄2 of a box of nails while working on a birdhouse and was able to finish 1 ⁄4 of it. At this rate, how many boxes will he need to finish 1 birdhouse?

• 2 boxes

• 3 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 5 boxes

A chef used 1 ⁄4 of a bag of potatoes to make 1 gallon of stew. If he wanted to make 6 gallons of stew, how many bags of potatoes would he need?

• 1.5 bags of potatoes

• 0.25 bags of potatoes

• 2 bags of potatoes

• 3.5 bags of potaotes

A restaurant took 1 ⁄10 of an hour to use 1 ⁄2 of a package of napkins. At this rate, how many hours would it take to use 2 packages?

• 0.40 of an hour

• 0.25 of an hour

• 0.35 of an hour

• 0.50 of an hour

Find the Unit Rate.

36 books in 6 boxes.

• 6 books per box

• 8 books per box

• 10 books per box

• 12 books per box