Proportion Ratio Word Problems

if there are 5 boys for every 7 girls in math class, how many boys are there if there are 35 girls?

• 20

• 25

• 30

• 35

Amanda bought 1 package of strawberries for $3. How many packages of strawberries can Willie buy if he has $12?

• 12

• 8

• 4

Hamburger meat sells for $6 for every 3 pounds. If Alicia buys 10 pounds of hamburger meat, how much will she pay?

• $30
• $20
• $60
• $10

A scale drawing of a billboard uses the scale 4 cm:9 ft. The length of the billboard in the drawing is 11 cm. How long is the actual billboard?

• 13 ft

• 20.75 ft

• 24.75 ft

• 22 ft

The Rangers are projected to win 70% of their games this year.  If they play 190 games, how many games should they win?  

• 150

• 133

• 120

• 183

The distance that an automobile travels varies directly as the time it travels. If the car travels 280 miles in 7 hours, how far will it travel in 12 hours?

• 480

• 1960

• 84

• 25

A fence post that is 2 meters tall casts a shadow 5 meters long. At the same time a tree casts a shadow 108 meters. How tall is the tree?

• 33.2 meters

• 332 meters

• 43.2 meters

• 432 meters

Fairview and Rockville are 104 km from each other. How far apart would the cities be on a map that has a scale of 1 cm : 13 km?

• 7 cm 

• 1352 cm 

• 8 cm 

• 4 cm 

Pat needs 14 sticks of pepperoni to make 28 pizzas.  How many sticks of pepperoni are needed to make 36 pizzas?  

• 15 pizzas

• 252 sticks

• 18 sticks

• 18 pizzas

A car travels 420 miles in 8 hours.  If the car continues at the same rate, how far will it travel in 12 hours?

• 630 miles

• 630 hours

• 600 miles

• 540 hours