Solving Proportions

There were 5 ice cream cones for every 3 brownies sold at the ice cream shop. If there were 24 brownies sold, how many ice cream cones were sold?

• 8

• 15

• 40

• 29

• 27
• 12
• 1.333
• 3.67

Solve the proportion.

• k=5

• k=3.3333333

• k=60

• k=90

Two ratios that are equal are

• similar sides

• unit rates

• congruent

• proportional

Solve the proportion.

• x = 16

• x = 5

• x = 24

• x = 48

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 pet store has 18 dogs toys for sale. 10 toys are frisbees and the rest are bones. What is the ratio of bones to frisbees in simplest form?

• 5/9

• 8/10

• 4/5

• 18/10

What is a proportion?

• When two ratios can be simplified

• When two ratios are equivalent and show the same value

• When two ratios have the exact same numbers

• When two ratios can be multiplied by 2

Hamburger sells 3 pounds for $6. If Alicia buys 10 pounds of hamburger, how much will she pay?

• $30

• $20

• $60

• $10

Solve for x 

• x = 16

• x = 28

• x = 1/26

• x = 26