Prop. - Real World
Charlie is six feet tall and has a 5.5 foot shadow. If a tree is 18 feet tall, how long will it's shadow be?
What is 16.5 feet long.
Without using a calculator, what is 13% of 50?
What is 6.5.
If a sweater costs $25, and it is 5% off, how much will it cost?
$23.75
(-1.25)
Solve for x: (x + 1)/2 = 3/2
What is x = 1/2
What is 10% of 42?
What is 4.2
At a restaurant you can buy four tacos for $6.32. If you want to buy 13 tacos for a party, how much money will you spend?
What is $20.54
A recipe for oatmeal cookies calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of oatmeal. How much flour is needed for a big batch of cookies that uses 9 cups of oatmeal?
What is 6 cups of flour.
If a bag costs $36, and it is 10% off, what is the discount?
What is $3.60
Solve for x: (x + 1)/3 = x/5
What is x = -2.5
50 is what percent of 82?
What is about 61%
You go shopping for shoes on Black Friday. The pair of shoes that you want is now 65% off. If you paid $15, how much did the shoes originally cost?
What is about $42.86
Cody can eat 21 hot dogs in 66 minutes. He wants to know how many minutes it would take him to eat 35 hot dogs if he can keep up the same pace.
What is 110 minutes.
If a haircut costs $40, and it is 15% off, how much will it be?
$34
(-6)
Solve for x: 2/(3x + 3) = 4/7
What is x = 1/6
22 is what percent of 23?
What is about 96%
In a bag of regular skittles, 22% of the candies are red. If there are 32 candies per bag, how many red skittles will there be?
Over the past six days, it has snowed a total of about 10 inches. If this pattern continues, how many days will it take to have a total of 15 inches of snow?
What is nine days.
If a book costs $13 and is 20% off, how much money do you save?
What is x = -7/3
What is 250%
There are about 400 seventh graders at South Middle School. Mr. Willman has about 36% of them in class. Of those students, 75% of them get "secure" on their test tomorrow.
How many students will get a "secure"?
What is 108 students will get a "secure".
Create a proportion that when solved, will result in an answer of x = 10.
Many different answers.
If a couch costs $250 and is 25% off, how much will it be?
$187.50
(-62.5)
Solve for x: 4/(2x - 2) = -1/3
What is x = -5
What is 145% of 35?
What is 50.75