Common Knowledge
Proportions are written as fractions. They are used for...
Ratios and percents
Beth got the better deal at $875 per pug.
What two items was the first pug holding?
A surfboard and a hat.
What Does Gemdas Stand For?
E: exponents
M: Multiplication (left to right)
D: Division (left to right)
A: Addition (left to right)
S: Subtraction (left to right)
Bert decided to buy 20 jars of peanut butter. Bert doesn't like peanut butter, so Bert is going to give them to his friend. He gave his friend 15% of his peanut butter. How many jars of peanut butter did Bert give away.
He gave his friends 3 jars.
What else can you use proportions for besides ratios?
Percents
Solve for x. 7x-15+8=105
x=16
Ms. Dominicus quit teaching math to be a dog groomer. Every 7 pugs she grooms, she grooms 4 poodles. This week, she groomed 56 pugs. How many poodles did she groom?
Ms. Dominicus groomed 32 poodles.
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You get the answer 28/133 for a problem. Is it correct? And if not, what is the true answer and what went wrong.
It is not correct. You have to simplify by 7 to get 4/19.
Beth has eight pugs. She bought all eight for $7,000. Bert has 156 pugs. Bert is weird. He bought them all for $150,000. Who got the better deal.
Beth got the better deal at $875 per pug.
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