word problems
“Pablo’s Macho Tacos” sells 7 burritos for every 9 tacos sold. If they sell 63 burritos, how many tacos do they sell?
81 tacos
The ratio of students who like hockey to students who like baseball is 3 to 8. If 21 students like hockey, use a proportion to determine how many students like baseball.
56 students like baseball
You earn $12 per lawn you mow. If you mow 8 lawns, how much money do you earn?
96 dollars
convert 56.2m into yds
73.6 yards
The ratio of Aspens to Ponderosa Pines in a part of a forest is 12 to 16 . If there are 12 Ponderosa Pines, how many Aspens are there.
9 Aspens
The ratio of a model car to the real car is 2:55. If the real car is 165 inches long from front to back, use a proportion to determine the length of the model car.
6 inches
You drive 42 miles per hour? How far do you drive in 3 hours?
126 miles
what is a better deal a one gallon gasoline for 2.89$ or one liter of gasoline for 0.75$
0.75$/L
54 pounds of juicy gummy bears costs $450. How many pounds of bears can you get for $50?
6 pounds
At Freddy’s Ready Teddy Bear store, you can get 6 bears for $20. use a proportion to determine how much it will cost for 9 bears.
x = $30
You drive 42 miles per hour? How far do you drive in 3 hours?
168 inches
a piece of gold leaf weighs 1.93 mg what is the volume in mm
0.100 mm
If the average teenager complains about 13 things every four minutes, how many things will he or she complain about in 24 minutes?
78 complaints
The ratio of men to women at a track meet is 4:5. If there are 20 men at the meet, use a proportion to determine how many PEOPLE are at the meet.
45 people
There are 2.54 centimeters per inch. How many centimeters are there on a 12-inch ruler?
30.48 cm
a car travels at a rate of 65 mph if the car gets 33.5 miles to the gallon how many hours can a car travel on 25.0 pounds of gasoline
2.0 hr
The ratio of walnuts to milk chocolate chips in a recipe for chocolate chip brownies is 5 to 8. A particular batch of brownies has 35 walnuts in it. The sum of the number of walnuts, milk chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips in this batch is 123. How many white chocolate chips are there in this batch?
32 white chocolate chips
The ratio of walnuts to peanuts in a can of mixed nuts is 3 to 5. There are walnuts, peanuts, and cashews in the mix. The mix has 100 nuts in total. If there are 18 walnuts, use a proportion and additional math to determine how many cashews there are.
52 cashews
The ratio of boys to girls in Mr. Beatty's class is 6 to 4. There are 20 girls in the class. How many boys are in the class?
30 boys
The bromine content of the ocean is about 65 grams of bromine per million grams of sea water. How many cubic meters of ocean must be processed to recover 1.0 pounds of bromine if the density of sea water is 1.0 x 103 kg/m3 ?
7.0m3