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75% of 25 is what?

What is 18.75.

100
One yard is how many feet?
What is 3 feet.
100

On a bike you travel twenty miles in four hours. What is the unit rate of miles per hour?

What is 5 mi/hr.

100
What is the ratio, of three nutella sandwiches to five peanut butter sandwiches?
What is 3:5 or 3 to 5.
100

Change 12% to a decimal.

What is 0.12.

200
15 is 75% of what?
What is 20.
200

Two feet is how many inches?

What is 24 inches.

200
You drive one hundred miles and have to stop to get five gallons of gas. What is the unit rate of miles per gallon?
What is 2 mi/gal.
200
What is the ratio of three oranges to twelve strawberries?
What is 1:4 or 1 to 4.
200

Change 0.23 to a percent.

What is 23%.

300
What percent is 20 of 60?
What is 3.33 repeating.
300

One ton is how many pounds?

What is 2,000 pounds.

300
You start mowing at 12:00. You end at 3:00 with fifteen dollars. What is the unit rate of dollars per hour?
What is $5.00/hr.
300
Twelve people watch the Hunger Games. Forty-eight people watch The Fault In Our Stars. What is the ratio of people who watched The Fault In Our Stars to people who watch Hunger Games.
What is 4:1 or 4 to 1.
300

Change 0.30 to a fraction.

What is 3/10.

400

Best Buy was having a 20% off sale on all flat screen TVs. What would the sale price of a $350 TV be?

What is $280

400
If there are five gallons, how many quarts would that be?
What is 20 quarts.
400
In 2008 an alligator was three feet long. The same alligator in 2012 was seven feet long. What is the unit rate of feet per year?
What is 1 ft/year.
400
Twenty people play basketball, people play soccer. What is the ratio of the people who play basketball to the people who play soccer?
What is 2:5 or 2 to 5.
400

Change 12% to a fraction.

What is 3/25.

500

Residents of a small city voted on whether to allow a developer to build a shopping center. The number of votes in favor was 4,400. The number of votes against the shopping center was 17,600. What percent of the voters were in favor of building the shopping center?

What is 20%

500
If there are eight pints in one gallon, how many cups are in two gallons?
What is 32 cups.
500
At 11:15 you start driving. You drive eighty miles and end at 1:15. What is the unit rate of miles per hour?
What is 40 mi/hr.
500
What is the ratio of twenty iPhone's to one hundred iPod touches?
What is 1:5 or 1 to 5.
500

Change 12.53 to a percent.

What is 1253%.