Ratios / Unit Rates
Finding the part
Finding the Whole
Finding the Percent
Word Problems
100
For every 5 hot dogs sold at a carnival, 8 hamburgers were sold.  If 78 hot dogs and hamburgers were sold in all, how many hamburgers were sold?
48 hamburgers
100
25% of 360
90
100
20 adults went on a camping trip.  If 40% of the people on the trip were adults, how many people were on the trip?
50 people
100

In a team of 50 children, 28 are boys and the rest are girls. What percentage of the team is girls?

44
100
You earn $63 working for 7 hours.  Your friend earns $84 working for 12 hours. How much would you earn together if you both worked for 16 hours?
9 x 16 + 7 x 16 = 16 x 16 = $256
200
You babysit for 4 hours and earn $22.  How much money do you make each hour?
$5.50
200
72% of 500
360
200
36 is 75% of what number?
48
200
33 1/3% of 48
16
200
You can buy 6 oz of yogurt for $0.66 or 32 oz of yogurt for $3.20.  Which is the better deal?
32 oz for $3.20
300
A box of 8 pencils sells for $0.96. What is the cost of one pencil?
$0.12 or 12 cents
300
There are 200 marbles in a container.  36% are red and 52% are blue.  The rest are black.  How many marbles are black?
24
300
Having sold 60% of his books, a bookstore owner had 6,000 books left.  How many books did he have to start with?
15000 books
300
17 percent of the 500 pages of a magazine contain photos.  How many pages contain photos?
85 pages
300
In a basket of fruits, 1/4 are apples, 1/10 are oranges, 2/5 are pears and the rest are plums.  What percentage of the fruit are plums?
25%
400
A team's ratio of games won to games played was 1 to 4.  If they played 60 games, how many games did they lose?
45 games
400
Margaret had 480 books. She gave 45% to Mandy.  How many books did Mandy receive from Margaret?
216
400
30% of the people in the park rent rowboats.  If 270 people rent rowboats, how many people are in the park?
900 people
400
What is the sum of 12% of $120 and 15% of 70?
24.9
400
The ratio of Jim's age to that of his father is 3:8.  If Jim's father is 48 years old.  How old is Jim?
18 years old
500
Which unit rate is greater?  Dale drinks 2 cups of water in 5 minutes.  Dixie drinks 10 cups of water in 12 minutes.
Dixie drinks .83 cups a min and Dale drinks 0.4 cups a min.  So Dixie drinks faster.
500
You buy shoes that were $42 at 15% off.  What was your final cost?
$35.70
500
Carl loaned his sister $375.  That is 15% of Carl's savings.  How much did Carl have in savings?
$2500
500
Of 500 students surveyed, 30% said that they visited Disneyworld.  Of those 42% went on Splash mountain.  How many students rode Splash mountain?
63 students
500
The ratio of boys to girls at a party is 7:5.  If there are 14 more girls than boys at the party, how many boys are at the party?
35 boys
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