Solving Proportion Word Problems for ASVAB Success

To ensure accuracy in calculations

To confuse the reader

To make the problem more complex

To avoid solving the problem

Reading the entire problem

Guessing the answer

Identifying the dollar amount

Ignoring the question

20%

50%

32%

14%

Ignoring the question

Identifying the dollar amounts and percentages

Reading the entire problem

Guessing the answer

32%

50%

14%

20%

21/1

60/2

15/1

30/1

2 * 7

3 * 5

4 * 4

2 * 8

It makes the numbers easier to work with

It makes the problem more complex

It increases the number of steps

It confuses the reader

420

30

32

960

To solve for X

To make the problem more complex

To confuse the reader

To avoid solving the problem