Solving Problems with Proportions

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

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12 ounce shampoo bottle lasts Mike 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18-ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?

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

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During the first 72 days of a fundraiser, Krystal sold 56 subscriptions. How many subscriptions would Krystal sell in a 216 days?

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Danielle used 8 centimeters of tape to wrap 4 presents. How many presents did Danielle wrap if she used 30 centimeters of tape?

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3 meals at Jason's Deli cost $27. How much money would 12 meals cost?

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Hunter buys 36 baseball cards for $18. How many baseball cards can Troy buy if he has $9?

• 18 baseball cards

• 4 baseball cards

• 24 baseball cards

• 16 baseball cards

A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours (with a constant speed).  How long will it take a car to travel 200 miles?

• 6 hours

• 5 hours

• 4 hours

• 1 hour

Abigail, Ava, and Hannah are trying to figure out how to equally split a pizza into 3 parts. What method are they likely to use?

• Writing a novel

• Calculating the area of a circle

• Baking a cake

• The cross-multiplication method

Jackson, Avery, and Rohan are running a small bakery. They have a popular cookie recipe that uses 2 cups of flour to make a dozen cookies. They received an order for 3 dozen of these cookies. How many cups of flour will they need to fulfill this order?

• 8 cups

• 6 cups

• 2 cups

• 4 cups