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Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A 12-ounce bottle of shampoo lasts Enrique 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18-ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?
a)
24 Weeks
b)
24-ounce bottle
c)
10.6 Weeks
d)
10.6-ounce bottle
2.
About 13 out of 20 homes have a personal computer. On a street with 60 homes, how many computers would you expect to have?
a)
39 Computers
b)
4.3 Homes
c)
39 Homes
d)
4.3 Computers
3.
A 6-ounce package of fruit snacks contains 45 pieces. How many pieces would you expect in a 10-ounce package?
a)
75 Pieces
b)
27-ounces
c)
27 pieces
d)
75-ounces
4.
A grading machine can grade 48 multiple-choice tests in 1 minute. How long will it take the machine to grade 300 tests?
a)
6.25 Min
b)
0.16 Tests
c)
6.25 Tests
d)
0.16 Min
5.
The waiting time to ride a roller coaster is 20 minutes when 150 people are in line. How long is the waiting time when 240 people are in line?
a)
32 People
b)
32 Min.
c)
12.5 Min.
d)
12.5 People
6.
A 12-ounce bottle of shampoo lasts Enrique 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18-ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?
a)
24 Weeks
b)
24-ounce bottle
c)
10.6 Weeks
d)
10.6-ounce bottle
7.
About 13 out of 20 homes have a personal computer. On a street with 60 homes, how many computers would you expect to have?
a)
39 Computers
b)
4.3 Homes
c)
39 Homes
d)
4.3 Computers
8.
A 6-ounce package of fruit snacks contains 45 pieces. How many pieces would you expect in a 10-ounce package?
a)
75 Pieces
b)
27-ounces
c)
27 pieces
d)
75-ounces
9.
A grading machine can grade 48 multiple-choice tests in 1 minute. How long will it take the machine to grade 300 tests?
a)
6.25 Min
b)
0.16 Tests
c)
6.25 Tests
d)
0.16 Min
10.
The waiting time to ride a roller coaster is 20 minutes when 150 people are in line. How long is the waiting time when 240 people are in line?
a)
32 People
b)
32 Min.
c)
12.5 Min.
d)
12.5 People
11.
Pat needs 14 sticks of pepperoni to make 28 pizzas.  How many sticks of pepperoni are needed to make 36 pizzas?  
a)
15 pizzas
b)
252 sticks
c)
18 sticks
d)
18 pizzas
12.
A car travels 420 miles in 8 hours.  If the car continues at the same rate, how far will it travel in 12 hours?
a)
630 miles
b)
630 hours
c)
600 miles
d)
540 hours
13.
A bird flies 35 meters in 10 seconds.  If it keeps flying at the same rate, how long will it take it to fly 14 more meters?  
a)
x = 49 seconds
b)
x = 4 meters
c)
x = 49 meters
d)
x =  4 seconds
14.
Just For Feet has 3,115 boxes of shoes on 38 equal size shelves.  If they plan on adding 9 more shelves of the same size, how many more boxes of shoes will they be able to hold?
a)
737 shoes
b)
737 shelves
c)
738 shoes
d)
738 shelves
15.
Which ratio is proportional to the ratio   1/5?
a)
2/5
b)
2/10
c)
5/1
d)
15/20
16.
On a map, if one centimeter represents 25 kilometers, how many kilometers does 7 centimeters represent?
a)
175
b)
185
c)
200
d)
220
17.
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?
a)
2.5 cups milk
b)
1.75 cups milk
c)
2 cups flour
d)
2.25 cups milk
18.
Hurricane Katrina dropped about 14 inches of rain over a 48 hour period. How much rain is this per hour?
a)
0.29 inches
b)
0.30 inches
c)
0.28 inches
d)
0.27 inches
19.
A recent survey of 800 seventh graders from across the state shows 4 out of 10 like to play paper football. How many students said they like to play paper football?
a)
40 students
b)
200 students 
c)
320 students
d)
8,000 students
20.

You survey you 22 classmates on their favorite color. Six choose green as their favorite color. There are 396 students at your school. Estimate the number of students in your school who would choose green as their favorite color.

a)

108

b)

126

c)

198

21.

A summer camp surveys 40 campers to see if they would take tennis lessons next week. Twelve campers say they would. There are 250 campers. Estimate the number of campers the counselors should plan on taking tennis lessons next week.

a)

60

b)

65

c)

75

22.
Drake made 14 out of 20 free throw shots.  About how many out of the next 30 free throw shots would you expect him to make?
a)
20
b)
21
c)
22
d)
25
23.

A poll was taken of Hobby Middle School, 25 out of 30 students said they would prefer pizza on Friday’s. Out of 1200 students, what is a reasonable prediction of how many students would prefer pizza on Fridays?

a)

100

b)

1000

c)

10

d)

1

24.
The ratio of cups of sugar to cups of flour needed to bake cookies is 1:5. If Myesha uses 25 cups of flour, how much sugar is needed?
a)
125 cups
b)
5 cups
c)
15 cups
d)
10 cups
25.
A 12-ounce bottle of shampoo lasts Enrique 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18-ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?
a)
24 Weeks
b)
24-ounce bottle
c)
10.6 Weeks
d)
10.6-ounce bottle
26.
Will spent $3.75 for 3 pounds of granola. How many pounds of granola can Will buy for $10
a)
8 pounds
b)
7 pounds
c)
6 pounds
d)
9 pounds
27.
Scale is 1cm = 8km. Hatboro and Smithville are 24cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the 2 cities?
a)
87 km
b)
216 km 
c)
33 km
d)
192 km
28.
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?
a)
2.5 cups milk
b)
1.75 cups milk
c)
2 cups flour
d)
2.25 cups milk
29.
Walmart has cookies on sale 20 for $3.99 and Walgreens has cookies on sale 36 for $5.99. which is the better buy?
a)
Walmart
b)
Walgreens
30.
If Angel can type 15 words in 10 seconds, how many could he type in 1 minute if he kept up that same pace?
a)
90 words
b)
60 words
c)
75 words
d)
87 words
31.

Try another: Solve for x

a)

x = 16

b)

x = 28

c)

x = 135

d)

x = 26

32.

Solve the proportion then check your answer by looking at their cross-products

a)

c = 4

b)

c = 8

c)

c = 14

d)

c = 10

33.

Sam rakes 3 bags of leaves in 16 minutes. If he keeps working how long will it take him to rake 5 bags of leaves?

a)

9.6

b)

26.6

c)

15

d)

80

34.

Lee can type 432 words in 6 minutes. How many words can he type in 1 minute?

(a)  

35.

Sayed's favorite food is pizza. When he makes the dough he uses 1 tsp of sugar with 2.5 cups of water. If he uses 10 cups of water, how many tsp of sugar will he need?

(a)  

36.

Heyzzel's favorite food is Elote Loco. She needs 1/4 cup of cheese for every 2 tablespoons of chili powder. If she uses 3 cups of cheese, how many tablespoons of chili powder will she need?

(a)  

37.
Krystle is selling magazine subscriptions as part of a school fundraiser. During the first 72 days of the fundraiser Krystle sold 56 subscriptions. If Krystle maintained that rate, how many subscriptions would Krystle sell in a 216-day period?
a)
168
b)
55
c)
48
d)
114
38.
In his first 40 games, Rashad hit 88 homeruns. If he continues at that rate, how many homeruns will Rashad hit in his next 60 games?
a)
132
b)
120
c)
216
d)
100
39.
Ms. Kings second period P.E. Class has 14 students. 10 of these students enjoy playing baseball. This holds true for all 168 students in all of Ms. King's classes. How many of the 168 students enjoy playing baseball?
a)
120
b)
132
c)
216
d)
100
40.
A wildlife reserve has a population of 120 elephants. A group of researchers trapped 42 elephants and recorded their vital statistics. Of the trapped elephants, 35 were female. If that rate holds true for the entire population of 120 elephants, how many female elephants are on the wildlife reserve?
a)
100
b)
120
c)
132
d)
216
41.
Emily enlarged the size of a painting to a width of 15 in. What is the new height if it was originally 3 in. wide and 4 in. tall? 
a)
17 in.
b)
20 in. 
c)
5 in. 
d)
23 in. 
42.

The ratio of strawberries to blueberries in a basket is 3:5. If there are 72 strawberries in the basket, find the total number of strawberries and blueberries in the basket.

a)

43

b)

120

c)

115

d)

192

43.

Jocelyn worked 3 hours and made $27. If she works 9 hours, how much money can she expect to make?

a)

$37

b)

$27

c)

$243

d)

$81

44.

The ratio of students to laptops in a school is 3:2. If there are 1,200 students, how many laptops are there?

a)

800

b)

1,800

c)

1,200

d)

900

45.

If 24 water bottles weighs 30 pounds, how much would a shipment of 150 water bottles weigh?

a)

120

b)

150

c)

187.5

d)

192.3

46.

The ratio of adults to children in a movie theater is 7:2. If there are 26 children in the theater, how many adults are there?

a)

7

b)

91

c)

8

d)

26

47.

Alana's hair grew 2 inches in 5 months. At this rate, how many inches would her hair grow in 1 year?

a)

0.4

b)

4.8

c)

4

d)

4.5

48.

Jane worked 38 hours at the grocery store last week and made $296.40. If she works three less hours this week than she did last week, how much will she make this week?

a)

$273

b)

$319.80

c)

$569.40

d)

$321.81

49.

The ratio of strawberries to blueberries in a basket is 3:5. If there are 72 strawberries in the basket, find the total number of strawberries and blueberries in the basket.

a)

43

b)

120

c)

115

d)

192

50.

Find the Unit Rate.

$120 for mowing 4 lawns.

a)

$30 per lawn

b)

$20 per lawn

c)

$10 per lawn

d)

$25 per lawn