Ratios
At a parking lot, 5 trucks are sold for every 9 cars sold. If 27 cars are sold, how many trucks should the parking lot expect to sell?
15 trucks
If James types 120 words per 3 minutes, what is his rate per minute?
40 words per minute
Marie had several pencils on her desk. Ted borrowed 35% of the pencils. What decimal represents the percent of Marie's pencils that Ted borrowed?
0.35
What is 40% of 80?
32
At basketball practice, John attempted 30 free throws and made 25 of them. What fraction in simplest form represents the ratio of free throws John made to the free throws he attempted?
Free throws made to free throws attempted 25/30 = 5/6
At Tina's T-shirt shop, it costs $24.20 to buy 8 t-shirts. At this rate how much will it cost to buy 12 t-shirts?
$36.30 for 12 t-shirts
Of the campers at one park, 16% have tents. What fraction in simplest form of the campers have tents?
16/100 = 4/25
Of the 800 people at a concert, 42% of them are adults. How many adults are at the concert?
336 adults
Yoselin is making green tea and the recipe requires 1 cup of sugar for every 3 cups of water. How much sugar is used per cup of water?
1/3 cup of sugar per cup of juice
Harun is using 3 cups of chocolate syrup for a cake recipe. He decides to make a second cakes and doubles the recipe. How many ounces of chocolate syrup will he now need?
1 cup = 8 ounces
48 ounces of chocolate syrup
Jose has two volunteer jobs, one as an assistant at a nursing home and another as a math tutor. Jose spends 45% of his volunteer time at the nursing home. What fraction in simplest form is equivalent to the percent of volunteer time Jose spends tutoring?
55% - 55/100 simplified is 11/20
Cora wants to buy a jacket that has an original price of $180. She has a coupon for 25% off. What is the sale price of the jacket?
$135
At an amusement park, the ratio of boys to girls is 4 to 3. If there are 98 children in the park, how many are girls?
42 girls; 3/7 = 42/98
Which is a better buy?
Kirkland Peanut Butter - 12 oz for $3.45
OR
Skippy Peanut Butter - 8 oz for $2.55
Skippy = $0.31 per oz
Therefore, Kirkland is the better buy
Greta is completing a hiking trail. She stops to take a break once she completes 12/20 of the hiking trail.
A) What fraction in simplest form represents the trail did she complete?
B) What decimal represents the amount of the trail she completed?
C) What percent of the trail did she complete?
3/5
0.6 and 60%
A gumball machine has 12 yellow gumballs. If that represents 30% of the total gumballs in machine, how many gumballs are there in all?
40 gumballs