Word Problems
The dosage for this pain reliever calls for a 70mg dose for every 5kg of body mass. Zenny has a body mass of 85kg. What dosage of pain reliever should he receive?
1190 mg
I make $32 in 4 hours. How much do I make per hour?
$8 per hour
Do the ratios form a proportion?
3/4 and 9/12
Yes.
36 = 36
Kroger sells a case of 24 cans of Diet Coke for $6.88. Publix sells a 12 pack of Diet Coke for $3.99. Which is the best buy?
Kroger $0.29/can
(Publix is $0.33/can)
5/8 = x/48
x = 30
Chase earned $76.50 in 6 hours at his part time job. How much can he earn in a week in which he works 28 hours?
$357
A car travels 576 miles in 16 hours. How fast is it going per hour?
36 mph
Do the ratios form a proportion?
2/5 and 8/16
NO.
32 does not equal 40
A 12 oz box of Thanksgiving stuffing is $2.15, while a 16 oz box costs $2.88. Which is the better buy?
12 oz box $0.179/oz
(16 oz is $0.180/ oz)
3/12 = x/60
x=15
If Addy uses 5 Liters of black paint in the span of 10 minutes. How much paint will she use in 1 hour?
30 Liters
There are 93 students in 3 classes. How many students are in each class?
31 students per class
Do the ratios form a proportion?
2/9 and 6/12
NO.
24 does not equal 54
An 11 pound turkey costs $14.85, while the 16 pound turkey is on sale for $20.00. How much would you save with the sale price?
$0.10 per pound
x/9 = 16/6
x=24
Eli tells his friend Cooper that a human at the age of 30 needs 15 cups of water a day. Cooper is 16 years old. How many cups of water does Cooper need to drink daily?
8 cups
I can eat 12 hamburgers in 1.5 hours. How many hamburgers can I eat in one hour?
8 hamburgers per hour
Crystal is tasting two jams. Noa's jam is made with cups of strawberries and sugar in the ratio of 12:10. Ella's jam is made with cups of strawberries and sugar in the ratio of 6:4. Whose jam will taste sweeter?
Noa's jam is sweeter.
A 16 oz. can of Cream Corn sells for $1.12, while the 32 oz. can is on sale for $1.92. How much would you save with the sale price?
$0.01 per oz.
816/x = 51/4
x=64
A large community college has professors and lecturers. The total number of faculty members is 136. The school reported that they have 6 professors for every 11 lecturers. How many professors does the community college employ?
48 professors
A dozen roses cost $15. How much does each rose cost?
$1.25 per rose
There are 3 computer labs in the school. The first lab has 19 computer. There are 12 students working on the computers. The second lab has 24 computers. There are 15 students working on the computers. The third lab has 12 computers. There are 8 students working on the computers. Which lab is the busiest?
Lab 3 is the busiest.
For every 4 black labs at a hunting dog training school, there are 3 yellow labs. If there are 48 black labs, how many yellow labs are there?
36 yellow labs
1.5/4 = 15/x
x=40