Creating Proportions

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

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

• 24 Weeks

• 24-ounce bottle

• 10.6 Weeks

• 10.6-ounce bottle

Which of these proportional equations would you use to find the missing pieces of a percent problem, using the words "OF and IS"?

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Everyone at Ethan's school wore either brown or yellow for school spirit day. 74 out of the 100 students at the school wore brown. What percentage of the students wore brown?

• 26%

• 26

• 74

• 74%

There are 35 boys out for football. This is about 5% of the total enrollment. How many total kids are in the school?

• 30

• 350

• 700

• 1235

Which of these proportional equations would you use to find the missing pieces of a percent problem, using the words "Part and Whole"?

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A parking meter that is 1.6m tall casts a shadow of 3.6m long. At the same time, a tree casts a shadow 9m long. Which proportion could be used to find the height of the tree?