RATIOS AND UNIT RATES
PERCENT PROPORTIONS
SOLVING PROPORTIONS
% OF A NUMBER
PROPORTION WORD PROBLEMS
100

write a ratio three ways for 11 pencils to 14 pens

What is 11/14 11:14 11 to 14

100

Mr. Wallace took 600 mg of medicine. This was 75% of the full dose. What is the full dose?

What is 800mg?

100
solve 48/20 = 12/n
What is n =5?
100
What is 14% of 98?
What is 13.72?
100

Michelle works 8 hours for $140.00. If he works 19.5 hours, how much will she earn?

What is $341.25?

200
John travels 1686 miles in 3 days. How far did John travel per day?
What is 562 miles per day?
200

Laureens book is 180 pages long. This is 80% of the entire book. How long is the book?

What is 144 pages?

200

Write a proportion and then solve: x is to 5 as 12 is to 15.

x/6=12/15 x = 4

200
35 is what percent of 83? Round to the nearest whole number
What is 42%?
200

Three slices of cheese cake have 4,200 calories. How many calories will 8 slices of the same cheese cake?

What is 9,800 calories?

300
Which is the better buy? 36 books for $250 or 30 books for $209
What is 36 books for $250?
300
A computer is on sale for 20% off. If the sale price is $600, what is the original price of the computer?
What is $750
300

Does the pair of ratios form a proportion? 3/16 and 9/48

What is yes?

300
45 is 25% of what number?
What is 180?
300

Tara got 88% of the questions correct on her test. She answered 44 problems correctly. How many questions were on the test?

What is 50?

400

There are 18 red cars to 6 white cars in the parking lot. Write a ratio as a fraction in simplest form of the number of red cars to the total number of cars in the parking lot

What is 3/4?

400
Jessie earns 18% commission on all computers that she sells. If she sells $10,000 worth of computers, how much money does she make in commission?
What is $1,800?
400
Solve the proportion for y: b/y = 1/2
What is 2b?
400
What percent of 80 is 2?
What is 2.5%?
400
The quarterback at Catoctin High School threw 86 passes during the football season. He completed 39 passes. What percent of the passes were completed?
What is 45%
500
John ate 15 hotdogs, Mark ate 12 hotdogs and Sam ate 13 hotdogs. Write a ratio as a fraction in simplest form for the number of hotdogs Mark ate to the total number of hotdogs eaten
What is 3/10?
500
If the sales tax is 7%, how much tax will you pay on a CD that costs $23.00?

What is $1.61?

500

Solve the proportion for x:18:x = 27:33

What is 22

500
Maureen earned 22 out of 25 points on her last math test. What percent of 25 points is 22 points?
What is 88%?
500
A typist can type 120 words 100 seconds. How long would it take her to type 258 words?
What is 215 seconds?
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