Proportional Relationships Word Problems

Is this table proportional or non-proportional?

• Proportional

• Non-Proportional

How many pages per hour did Johnny read?

• 276

• 14

• 70

• 60

Samantha earned $90 for working six hours at a blueberry farm. What was Samantha's rate in dollars per hour?

• $15 per hour

• $20 per hour

• $12 per hour

• $30 per hour

At a bake sale, you can buy 3 cookies for $2.00. What would be the cost of 15 cookies?

• $10

• $12

• $5

• $6

Fran works at a kayak rental booth. Yesterday, her booth rented out 96 kayaks in 8 hours. How many kayaks per hour did Fran's booth rent out?

• 10

• 9

• 24

• 12

At Nan's Bakery, they use one container of frosting for every 36 cupcakes. Today, Nan needs to put frosting on 300 cupcakes. Which is closest to the number of containers of frosting Nan will need?

• 12

• 9

• 7

• 4

In the 7th grade, there are 3 boys for every 5 girls. If there are 70 girls in the 7th grade, how many boys are there?

• 42 boys

• 30 boys

• 80 boys

• 28 boys

In a bag of trail mix, there are 2 M&Ms for every 10 raisins. If a bag of trail mix has 18 M&Ms, how many raisins are in the bag of trail mix?

• 20

• 36

• 30

• 90

• y = 1/5x

• y = 5x

• y = 1/2x

Write the equation of the proportional relationship using the format y = kx.