Ratios/Rates
Distance
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Word problems
100

Find the ratio of legs to fingers on your body. 

What is 1:5

100

Find the distance between (0,2) and (7,2) 

What is 7

100
a=6, b=8, c=
What is 10
100
a=9, b= , c=41
What is 40
100

Mary is flying a kite. The length of the kite string is 55 feet and she is positioned 40 feet away from beneath the kite. About how high is the kite?

What is 37.7 feet

200

Claire has 2 blue jolly ranchers (because everyone eats the blue first), 12 red jolly ranchers, and 8 green jolly ranchers. What is the ratio of blue jolly ranchers to her total jolly ranchers? 

What is 1:11

200

Find the distance between (0,4) and (3,2)

What is 3.6

200
a=10, b=24, c=
What is 26
200
a= , b=12, c=19
What is 14.7
200
The floor exercise mat measures 40ft by 40 ft. Find the measure of the diagonal.
What is 56.6
300

Lilly drove her car for 515 miles on 20 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon does Lilly's car get? 

What is 25.75 miles/ gallon

300

What is the length of the line segment with endpoints (8,4) and (2,6) to the nearest tenth?

What is 6.3

300
a=5, b=9, c=
What is 10.3
300
a= 27, b= , c=61
What is 54.7
300
The size of a tv set is determined by the length of the diagonal of the screen. If a 35 inch tv screen is 26 inches long, how tall is the screen?
What is 23 inches
400

Write the ratio in simplest form.

16 inches to 7 feet

What is 4:21

400

How far is it from (-4,9) to (3, 7) to the nearest tenth?

What is 7.3

400
a=6, b=11, c=
What is 12.5
400
a= ,b=35, c=37
What is 12
400
A 13 foot ladder is leaning against a building. The base of the ladder is 5 feet from the building. How high on the building is the ladder?
What is 12 feet
500

Write the ratio in simplest form.

3 cups to 11 pints. 

What is 3:22

500

What is the perimeter of a triangle whose vertices are (-5,1), (-1,1), and (-5,4)

What is 12

500
a=7.2, b=2.7, c=
What is 7.7
500

a=10, b= , c=18

What is 15.0

500

Andy drives due south for 13 miles then west for 7 miles. How far is Andy from his starting place? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. 

14.8 miles

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