Ratios/Rates
Cross x
Percents
Percent of a Number
Mr. Ross Favorites
100

A store sells a 3-pound bag of oranges for $4.50 and a 5-pound bag of oranges for $7 .  What is the difference between the price per pound for the 3-pound bag of oranges and the price per pound for the 5-pound bag of oranges?

1.50 - 1.40=

$0.10 difference

100

It is the missing number in the proportion: 5/8 = ?/48

what is n=30?

100

A luxury store is selling a key chain for $45 and they are offering a 20% off discount. What is the discounted price?

$36

100
What is 1% of 170? _______________
What is 1.70?
100

Angel slices potatoes at a steady pace to make fries. By the time he finishes, he has sliced 18 potatoes in 3 minutes.  What is Dante’s unit rate?  What is the rate unit?

6 potatoes per minute  and potatoes per minute

200
Ari can walk 2 miles in 40 min. It is the amount of time it will take him to walk 4 miles.
What is 80 min.?
200
Five shovels of sand are mixed with 4 shovels of gravel to make cement. It is the number of shovels of gravel needed for 45 shovels of sand.
What is 36?
200
Write 3/20 as a percent.
What is 15%?
200
What is 50% of 240?
What is 120?
200

Make 67% as a fraction and a decimal 

67/100  and    0.67

300

Michael Drove at a constant rate of 50 miles per hour for 2 hours 

Lance Drove at a constant rate of 45 miles per hour for 2.5 hours

Who went a further distance?

 use equation Distance = Rate x Time 

Lance went farther: he traveled 112.5 miles

 Michael traveled 100 miles.  

300

There are 4 cups in 1 Quart. 

How many cups are in 12 quarts?

48 cups 

300

Name three parts of a percentage word problem

Percent, part, whole.

300

Make 9% as a decimal and a Fraction

9/100    and    0.09

300
Xavier determined that 8% of the sixth grade students in his school wear glasses. There are 300 students in the sixth grade. How many students in sixth grade wear glasses?
24
400
A window washer cleaned 38 windows in 2 hours. At this rate, how many windows did he clean in 7 hours?
What is 133 windows?
400
Ivy's Fresh Eggs transports its eggs in crates. It takes 2 trucks to carry 80 crates. It is the number of crates that 8 trucks can carry.
What is 320?
400

What is a discount?

The money that you are taking off the original price. 

The money being saved.

400
What is 6% of 140?
What is 8.4?
400

A pair of shoes is on sale for 30% off.  With this discount, customers will save $45  from the original price if they buy the shoes. Name the percent, part, and whole of this problem.

Percent : 30%

Part : $45 

Whole: original price 

500
An airplane travels 4,400 miles in 8 hours. Which rate best represents the relationship between the airplane’s distance traveled and time?
What is 550 miles per hour?
500
It is the missing number in the proportion: 6/8 = ?/20
What is 15?
500
Write 7/200 as a decimal and percent.
What is 3.5% or .035?
500

20% is 30 of what Number 

150

500

Arman is buying dirt for his new home, his yard allows for 20 quarts of soil, he goes to the store and sees that they are selling soil for $2.50 per quart. What will be his total.

$50

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