Proportional Reasoning Word Problems

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

Solve the proportion.

• k=5

• k=3.3333333

• k=60

• k=90

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

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

• 2.5 cups milk

• 1.75 cups milk

• 2 cups flour

• 2.25 cups milk

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

Solve for X.

• 2 ft

• 3 ft

• 4 ft

• 6 ft

Solve.

• 3

• 15

• 20

• 10

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

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

Madi took a test.  Out of 12 questions, she answered nine correctly.  What percent of the questions did she get correct?

• 9%

• 50%

• 75%

• 80%