Proportional Relationships: Solve & Graph Word Problems

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you want to use 6 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 2 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

• 5 cups of flour

• 4 cups of flour

A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many miles can it travel on 8 gallons of gas?

• 240 miles

• 180 miles

• 200 miles

• 300 miles

A school is planning a field trip and needs to rent buses. Each bus can hold 20 students. If there are 80 students going, how many buses are needed?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 6

A gardener plants 4 rows of flowers with 5 flowers in each row. If he wants to plant 12 rows, how many flowers will he need in total?

• 60

• 40

• 50

• 70

A recipe requires 3 eggs for every 2 cups of milk. If you have 9 eggs, how many cups of milk can you use?

• 4 cups of milk

• 6 cups of milk

• 8 cups of milk

• 10 cups of milk

A store sells 3 notebooks for $6. How much would 10 notebooks cost?

• $20

• $30

• $25

• $15

A cyclist travels at a speed of 12 miles per hour. How far will he travel in 3 hours?

• 30 miles

• 48 miles

• 36 miles

• 24 miles

A painter can paint 5 walls in 2 hours. How many walls can he paint in 5 hours?

• 10 walls

• 20 walls

• 15 walls

• 12.5 walls

A recipe for cookies requires 4 cups of sugar for 24 cookies. How much sugar is needed for 60 cookies?

• 6 cups

• 8 cups

• 12 cups

• 10 cups

A map shows that 1 inch represents 10 miles. If two cities are 3 inches apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life?

• 20 miles

• 30 miles

• 15 miles

• 25 miles