Set Up Proportions

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

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To make 24 ounces of hot chocolate, 6 tablespoons of cocoa are needed. Set up a proportion to solve to find how much hot chocolate is made from 144 tablespoons of cocoa. Which number goes in place of the question ? in the proportion below? \frac{24}{?}=\frac{x}{144}

• 24

• 6

• 144

"Pablo's Macho Tacos" sells 7 burritos for every 9 tacos sold. If they sell 63 burritos, how many tacos do they sell? Which proportion represents the situation?

On Monday, the Dairy Barn sold 14 waffle cones for every 6 sugar cones. On Tuesday, the Dairy Barn sold 7 waffle cones for every 3 sugar cones. What is the proportion that can be used to represent the cone sales?

Sariyah knitted 1/5 of a sweater in ½ of a month. Which proportion can be used to find how long it will take her to knit a whole sweater?

Two fractions that are equal to each other are considered to be a

• proportion

• ratio

• fraction

• coincidence

Solve for x 

• x = 16

• x = 28

• x = 1/26

• x = 26

Solve the proportion:

• 4

• 8

• 14

• 10

A tree is 12 feet tall and casts a shadow 9 feet long. A building nearby casts a shadow that measures 24 feet. How tall is the building? (Draw a picture, set up a proportion)

• 24 feet

• 21 feet

• 27 feet

• 32 feet

At the same time a 6 foot person casts a 2 foot shadow, a nearby flagpole casts a ten foot shadow.  How tall is the flagpole?

• 3 feet

• 10 feet

• 16 feet

• 30 feet