Quiz about Understanding Rates and Ratios Quiz

Question 1

A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is the unit rate in miles per hour?

Accepted Answer

60 miles per hour

Answer

90 miles per hour

Answer

30 miles per hour

Answer

45 miles per hour

Question 2

If 5 notebooks cost $12.50, what is the cost per notebook?

Accepted Answer

$2.50

Answer

$2.00

Answer

$3.00

Answer

$2.75

Question 3

A recipe uses 4 cups of flour to make 8 muffins. What is the unit rate of cups of flour per muffin?

Accepted Answer

0.5 cups per muffin

Answer

2 cups per muffin

Answer

1 cup per muffin

Answer

4 cups per muffin

Question 4

A printer prints 120 pages in 15 minutes. How many pages does it print per minute?

Accepted Answer

8 pages per minute

Answer

6 pages per minute

Answer

10 pages per minute

Answer

12 pages per minute

Question 5

A store is having a 25% off sale. If a shirt originally costs $40, what is the sale price?

Accepted Answer

$30

Answer

$10

Answer

$25

Answer

$35

Question 6

A population of 2,000 increases by 15%. What is the new population?

Accepted Answer

2,300

Answer

2,150

Answer

2,250

Answer

2,400

Question 7

A jacket that was originally $60 is now $45. What is the percent decrease in price?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

20%

Answer

30%

Answer

40%

Question 8

If you earn 8% interest on $500 in a year, how much interest do you earn?

Accepted Answer

$40

Answer

$50

Answer

$80

Answer

$60

Question 9

Convert 5 kilometers to miles using the conversion $$1 ext{ mile} = 1.6 ext{ kilometers}$$ .

Accepted Answer

3.125 miles

Answer

8 miles

Answer

3.5 miles

Answer

2.5 miles

Question 10

A recipe calls for 500 milliliters of water. How many liters is this? ( $$1 ext{ liter} = 1000 ext{ milliliters}$$ )

Accepted Answer

0.5 liters

Answer

0.05 liters

Answer

5 liters

Answer

50 liters

Question 11

Convert 10 inches to centimeters using the conversion $$1 ext{ inch} = 2.54 ext{ centimeters}$$ .

Accepted Answer

25.4 centimeters

Answer

12.4 centimeters

Answer

20 centimeters

Answer

15.4 centimeters

Question 12

If a car travels 100 kilometers per hour, what is its speed in meters per second? ( $$1 ext{ kilometer} = 1000 ext{ meters}$$ , $$1 ext{ hour} = 3600 ext{ seconds}$$ )

Accepted Answer

27.78 m/s

Answer

36 m/s

Answer

18 m/s

Answer

25 m/s

Question 13

A store sells 3 cans of soup for $4.50. What is the price per can?

Accepted Answer

$1.50

Answer

$1.25

Answer

$1.75

Answer

$2.00

Question 14

A runner completes 12 laps in 24 minutes. What is the unit rate in laps per minute?

Accepted Answer

0.5 laps per minute

Answer

1 lap per minute

Answer

2 laps per minute

Answer

3 laps per minute

Question 15

A video game originally costs \ $$60 but is now on sale for \$$ 45. What is the percent decrease?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

15%

Answer

20%

Answer

30%

Question 16

A bank account increases from 1,125 to 1,500. What is the percent increase?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

20%

Answer

30%

Answer

35%

Question 17

If you buy a shirt for $24 and pay 8.25% sales tax, what is the total cost?

Accepted Answer

$25.98

Answer

$26.00

Answer

$26.25

Answer

$27.98

Question 18

Convert 2 gallons to liters using the conversion $$1 ext{ gallon} = 3.785 ext{ liters}$$ .

Accepted Answer

7.57 liters

Answer

5.57 liters

Answer

6.57 liters

Answer

7.57 milliliters

Question 19

A package weighs 4 pounds. What is the weight in ounces? ( $$1 ext{ pound} = 16 ext{ ounces}$$ )

Accepted Answer

64 ounces

Answer

32 ounces

Answer

48 ounces

Answer

80 ounces

Question 20

Convert 250 centimeters to meters. ( $$1 ext{ meter} = 100 ext{ centimeters}$$ )

Accepted Answer

2.5 meters

Answer

0.25 meters

Answer

25 meters

Answer

250 meters

Question 21

Sargento cheese slices $2.48 for 10 slices
or
Velveeta Cheese slices $3.18 for 12 slices
Find the unit price for each and choose the better deal.

Accepted Answer

Sargento

Answer

Velveeta

Question 22

An eight pack of juice boxes costs $4.79, and a 12 pack of juice boxes cost $6.59. Use this information to calculate the better buy.

Accepted Answer

12 pack

Answer

8 pack

Question 23

Lynnette can wash 95 cars in 5 days. How many cars does she wash each day?

Accepted Answer

19 cars per day

Answer

475 cars per day

Answer

.05 cars per day

Answer

15 cars per day

Question 24

Luke can paint 91 portraits in 7 weeks. How many portraits does he paint each week?

Accepted Answer

13 portraits per week

Answer

637 cars per week

Answer

13

Answer

.08 portraits per week

Question 25

Which is the better deal?
Oreos
$2.98 for 15 oz
OR
Chips Ahoy
$2.50 for 14 oz

Accepted Answer

Chips Ahoy

Answer

Oreos

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