Ratios and Unit Rates
Solving Proportions
Applications of Proportions
Potpurri
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The ratio of faculty members to students at a college is 1:15.  There are 675 students.  How many faculty members are there?

45 faculty members

100

3/z=1/8

z=24

100

A forest ranger who is 150cm tall casts a shadow 45cm long.  At the same time, a nearby tree casts a shadow 195cm long. Find the height of the tree.

The tree is 650cm tall.

100

This is Mrs. C's favorite football team

The Philadelphia Eagles

200

The ratio of games won to games lost foar. baseball team is 3:2.  The team won 18 games.  How many games did the team lose?

12 games lost

200

3/9=5/m

m = 15

200

A woman who is 5.5 feet tall casts a shadow 3.5 feet long.  At the same time a building casts a shadow 28 feet long.  How tall is the building?

The building is 44 feet tall.

200

This is the date of the end of the first quarter

Thursday, October 31st, 2024

300

The ratio of the number of bones in the human skull to the number of bones in the ears is 11:3.  There are 22 bones in the skull, how many bones are in the ears?

6 bones in the ears

300

5/9=3/w

w= 27/5

300

The length of BC is 19.2 feet

300

This is where the 2024 Summer Olympics were played

Paris, France

400

Takeru Kobayashi of Japan ate 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes to win a contest.  Find the unit rate in hot dogs per minute.  Round to the nearest hundredth.

About 4.46 hot dogs per minute

400

6/(y-3)=2/7

y = 24

400

x = 9 1/3

400

What kind of room has no windows or doors?

A mushroom.

500

Ralf Laue of Germany flipped a pancake 416 times in 120 seconds to set the world record.  Find the unit rate in flips per second.  Round to the nearest hundredth.

About 3.47 flips per second
500

8/(x+10)=1/12

x = 86

500

FGHJKL ~ MNPQRS

x = 3

500

Spell Mrs. C's last name correctly

CHONGPINITCHAI

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