ratios and proportions
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100
Raven is making soup. The recipe she is using calls for four carrots and 10 tomatoes. What is the ratio of carrots to tomatoes?
What is 2 to 5
100
Holly missed 8 of 183 school days this year. Approximately what percent of school days was Holly in attendance
What is 96%
100
what is the effect of multiplying the following decimals? 0.20x0.40?
What is The solution is less than 0.20
200
Peter is planting trees in his yard. He wants the ratio of pine trees to oak trees to be 7 to 2. Peter wants to plant a total of 108 trees. How many pine trees should he plant?
What is 84
200
A shirt originally cost $38.77, but it is on sale for $36.83. what is the percentage decrease of the price of the shirt? If necessary, round to the nearest percent.
What is 5%
200
306/-17
What is -18
300
The largest sandwich, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was made in Michigan in 2005 and weighed 5,440 pounds. How many tons did it weigh.
What is 2.72
300
In his free time, Gary spends 14 hours per week on the Internet and 8 hours per week playing video games. If Gary has five hours of free time per day, approximately what percent of his free time is spent on the Internet and playing video games.
What is 63%
400
Jackson Middle School has six students in choir for every one student in band. If there are 44 students in band, how many students are in choir?
What is 264
400
Sandy works at a clothing store. She makes $9 per hour plus earns 10% commission on her sales. She worked 71 hours over the last two weeks and had a total of $1,585 in sales before the taxes. Which of the following is the closest to how much she will earn in hourly wages and commission for those two weeks?
What is $798
500
Eve plays basketball. She makes 5 free throws for every 3 free throws that she misses. If she missed 30 free throws at her last practice, how many free throws did she make?
What is 50
500
In january, the depth of a lake was 1,016 feet. In August, the depth of the lake was 609.6 feet. what is the percentage decrease of the lake from January to August.
What is 40%
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