The basketball concession stand sold 327 drinks in two games. Write a proportion that could be used to make the best estimate for the number of drinks that will be sold for 10 games?
327drinks / 2 games = x drinks / 10 games
Helen walks to school 3.2 kilometers every morning. If a map uses a scale where 1 in represents 2 km, what distance on the map will represent the distance she walks to school every morning?
1.6 inches
In a random survey, 24 out of 150 people were able to give a correct answer to the question asked. If 550 people are surveyed, about how many would be expected to answer the question correctly?
88 people
Tavaris wants to visit a friend in Maryland and has checked a map with a scale of 1/2 inch = 3 miles. If Tavaris measures the distance on the map from his house to his friend's house as 3 and 1/8 inches, how many miles away is his friends house?
18 and 3/4 miles
A bottle of liquid dog vitamins indicates that a dog gets 2 drops of vitamins each day for every 5 pounds of body weight. How many drops of vitamins should a 35-pound dog get each day?
14 drops
On a map, the distance between Milvale and Dracut is 1 1/4 inches. If the map uses a scale of 1/4 inch represents 1 mile, what is the actual distance in miles from Milvale to Dracut?
5 miles
On a certain map, 1/2 inch represents 75 miles. If the distance between two towns on this map is 2 and 1/4 inches, what is the actual distance between the two towns?
337.5 miles
Alexis answered 12 of the 15 questions on her test. What percent of the questions did she answer?
80%
At the same time that a 60-foot tall building casts a shadow that is 24 feet long, a nearby tree casts a shadow that is 18 feet long. Which measure is closest to the height of the tree?
45 feet tall
John would like to take a trip to escape the cold weather. He knows the distance between Alexandria, VA and Orlando, Florida is 840 miles. The distance between the two cities on the map he is using is 10.5 inches. What is the scale of the map he is using?
1in : 80 miles