Proportions, Triangles
(4/9)/x=(2 1/5)/(1 3/4)
What is
x=35/99
The number of spiders if they outnumbered the band 17 to 7 and there were 14 in the band
What is 34?
The price per kilo of lentils if 20 kilos sold for R120
What is R6?
The percent increase in the size of the hobbit baby's feet if they increased from 15 to 18 cm in circumference in one week!
What is 20%?
3.1 x 10-5 in standard notation
What is 0.000031?
(2 1/3)/(7/10)=6/x
What is
9/5?
The number of dwarves at Aragorn's feast if the ratio of hobbits to dwarves was 5 to 9 and there were 75 hobbits
What is 135 dwarves?
The better buy if the big can held 16g and cost 80 cents and the small can held 12 ounces and cost 72 cents
What is the big can?
The total number of hobbits in the Shire if 40% of them, 1600 hobbits, are farmers
What is 4000 hobbits?
root(j)(k)
if j = 4 and k = 81
What is 3?
the value of x, given the proportional triangles
What is x = 6?
The number of ents who overran Isengard if the ratio of ents to orcs was 1 to 1,000 and there were 40,000 orcs
What is 40 ents?
The one who got the better deal if the wife bought 3kg of mince for R260 and her husband bought 4kg for R330
Who is her husband?
The percent of the fireworks not set off if Gandalf brought 700 fireworks and set 420 off
What is 40%?
10y + 4 = 6
What is
y=1/5?
(2 6/7)/(4 12/21)=(4 2/3)/x
What is
112/15?
The number hobbits angry at Bilbo's disappearance if the ratio of angry to entertained was 22 to 3 and the number of entertained was 24
What is 176 hobbits?
The best price if Checkers sold 1 dozen for R14.40 and Pick n Pay sold 3 dozen for R46.80
What is Checkers?
The original price of the dress at Woolworths if she bought it for R140 after a 30% discount
What is R200?
0.25 as a decimal and a percent
What is
1/4,25%?
DOUBLE!
the value of x and y, given the proportional triangles
What is
x = 49/5, y = 7?
The number of elves at Helm's Deep if the ratio of the number of Uruk-hai to elves was 13 to 2 and there were 39000 Uruk-hai
What is 6000 elves?
The better deal if Couscous costs $4.50 for a 3-pound bag at the market and $14 for an 8-pound bag in the store
What is the market?
The total men of Rohan there if 75% of them could ride a horse and 140 could not
What is 560 men?
The circumference and area of a circle with radius 2 m?
What is 12.56m, 12.56m2?