Proportional Word Problems With Fractions

Ashley decorates cakes and uses red icing to write a message on the cakes. She uses 11 1/4 ounces of red icing to write a message on 3 3/4 cakes. Based on this rate, how many ounces of red icing are needed to write a message on one cake?

• 4 ounces

• 3 ounces

• 3.5 ounces

• 3. 8 ounces

• 4.2 ounces

• 14 dumplings 

• 14.66 dumplings 

• 15 dumplings 

• 16 dumplings 

• 15.66 dumplings 

Chloe had 3/4 of a pizza left. Addie ate 1/6 of Chloe's pizza. How much pizza did Addie eat?

• 3/24 or 1/8 of the pizza

• 4/10 of the pizza

• 18/4 of the pizza

• 4/18 of the pizza

We had 25 doughnuts and we ate 2/5 of them. How many doughnuts did we eat?

• 10 doughnuts

• 5 doughnuts

• 15 doughnuts

• 20 doughnuts

The fee to check luggage with a new airline is based on the weight of each bag. Brett paid $7.14 to check a 42-pound bag. How much will Eileen pay if her bag weighs 63 pounds?

• $10.71

• $449.82

• $409

• $107.10

The fee to check luggage with a new airline is based on the weight of each bag. Brett paid $7.14 to check a 42-pound bag. How much will Eileen pay if her bag weighs 63 pounds?

• $10.71

• $449.82

• $409

• $107.10

Bella is making a recipe that requires a certain ratio of sugar to flour. If she uses 16 cups of flour, how many cups of sugar does she need to maintain the ratio of 60:48?

• 3

• 15

• 20

• 10

The fee to check luggage with a

new airline is based on the weight

of each bag. Brett paid $7.14 to

check a 42-pound bag. How

much will Eileen pay if her bag

weighs 63 pounds?

• $10.71

• $449.82

• $409

• $107.10

Yasmin has 8 kittens. Yasmin feeds these kittens a total of 22 ounces of food Yasmin feeds each kitten an equal amount of food Which statement is true?

• Each kitten is fed 2 ounces of food

• Each kitten is fed 2 1/2 ounces of food

• Each kitten is fed 2 3/4 ounces of food

• Each kitten is fed 3 ounces of food.

Which of the following questions could be answered using the expression 3 divided by 1/3?

• How many miles will Kniah walk is she walks 1/3 mile each day for 9 days?

• How many 1/3 cup serving can be made from a 3 cup bag of granola?

• How much of a pie will each person get if 3 people share 1/3 of a pie?

• How much granola is left if 1/3 cup is taken from a 3 cup bag?