Story Problems
Ratios
Unit Rate
Graphing
Best Buy
100
Andrew sold 45 tickets to the school play and Sara sold 40 tickets. What is the ratio of the number of tickets Andrew sold to the number of tickets Sara sold?
9 to 8
100
Write the ratio 2:12 in two other forms.
2/12 or 2 to 12
100
Find the unit rate for 212 miles in 4 hours.
53 mph
100
Write the coordinate of the points A, B, C, and D. See graph handout.
A= (-1, 4) B= (1, 2) C= (2, -3) D= (-4, -2)
100
Which is the best buy? a. $19.25 for 11 candy bars b. $15.39 for 9 candy bars c. $17.30 for 10 candy bars d. $22.62 for 13 candy bars
b. $15.39 for 9 candy bars because each candy bar costs $1.71
200
A writer was paid $12,000 for a 2,000 word article. Find the rate per word.
$6 per word
200
Write the ratio as a fraction in the simplest form: 4 to 56
1/14
200
Find the unit rate. Patricia paid $365 for 5 nights at a hotel.
$77 per night
200
What are the coordinates of point C? See graph handout.
C= (0, -4)
200
Which size Dairy Queen Blizzard gives you the best price per ounce? -Small 6 oz. cup for $2.49 -Medium 10 oz. cup for $3.49 -Large 16 oz. cup for $4.99 -Super Size 24 oz. cup for $7.69
The large 16 oz. cup because it costs 0.31 cents per ounce.
300
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2 to 3. There are 12 boys in the class. How many girls are there?
12 boys to 18 girls
300
In Gerhardt's home town, the ratio of cars to people is 425 to 1000. Which shows this ratio as a fraction in simplest form?
17 cars/ 40 people
300
You pay $4.50 for 9 bagels. What is the unit price?
50 cents
300
Richard is providing sketches for certain pages of a scientific document. This scatter plot shows the total number of pages he had completed at the end of each hour. Using this information, what is the best prediction of the total number of pages Richard can have completed at the end of 10 hours?
About 30-35 pages
300
A dozen apples costs $2.55. At this rate, how much would 8 apples cost?
$1.68
400
A car travels 136 miles using 7 gallons of gas. At that rate, how far can the car travel using 42 gallons of gas?
816 miles
400
Represent the ratio 6 to 18 in two other ways
6:18 and 6/18
400
Find the value that completes the proportion: 7/3 = ?/ 24
56
400
The table (written on board) show the amount of time several students spent watching TV and their test grades. Draw a scatter plot and describe the relationship by filling in the following blanks: More hours spent watching TV may ___________ grades.
reduce
400
A store sells packages of pencils. Which package offers the best unit price? a. 12 pencils for $3.00 b. 14 pencils for $3.78 c. 11 pencils for $3.08 d. 15 pencils for $3.90
a. 12 pencils for $3.00
500
The team's ratio of games won to games played was 7 to 11. If the team played 99 games, how many games did the team win?
63 games
500
Write two different ratios equal to 6:30.
6/30 and 6 to 30
500
Apples cost $3.60 for 2 lb. At that rate, how many pounds of apples can you buy for $5.40?
3.02 lb
500
A company employee has recorded information on the size of the company over the last 18 years. Make a scatter plot of the data: (1,15), (2,21), (3,27), (4,28), (5,39), (6, 40), (7, 44), (8, 52) Then make a conclusion about the data.
The size of the company has grown over the course of 8 years.
500
One can of Mountain Dew costs $1.25 in a vending machine. A 12-pack of Mountain Dew costs $3.49 at the grocery store. How much money would you save by purchasing a dozen can of Mountain Dew at the grocery store instead of a dozen at the vending machine?
You would save $11.51 by buying Mountain Dew at the grocery store rather than at the vending machine.
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