Word Problems involving Proportions
It takes one Super Giant Pizza to feed 3 people. If you invite 36 people, how many pizzas will you need?
What is 12 pizzas
4/6
What is 2/3
How many classrooms are upstairs?
What is 8
If I bought 4 baseballs for $36 how much was each baseball?
What is $9
I paid $48 for 8 pairs of golf gloves. How much was one pair?
What is $6
Mary has saved $17.50 in the past 3 weeks. At this rate, how much will she save in 15 weeks?
What is $87.50
10/20
What is 1/2
How many total doors are there upstairs?
What is 22 doors
I went to buy team uniforms, so I bought5 polos for $100 how much was 2 of the polos?
What is $40
I bought 7 pizzas for the class, and they cost $105. How much was one pizza?
What is $15
At a recent party, it cost $9.50 for refreshments for 10 guests. At this rate, how much would it cost to have refreshments for 80 guests?
What is 76
4/24
What is 1/6
How many staff members work upstairs? (On Average)
What is 11~12
I paid $36 for 10 months of online gaming. How much does is cost for 2 months?
What is $7.20
I had to go by $220 in paint, it was 9 buckets worth. How much was one bucket?
What is $24.44
The park ranger stocks the children’s fishing pond keeping a ratio of 4 sunfish to 3 perch. If he puts 300 sunfish into the pond, how many perch should be put into the pond?
What is 225 perch
11/44
What is 1/4
How many classrooms have their own computer cart upstairs?
What is 5
I went to the store for 6 avocado and paid $5.78 how much was two avocados?
What is $1.92
I bought 7 bananas for 4 dollars. How much is one?
What is $0.57
If two pounds of meat will serve 5 people, how many pounds will be needed to serve 13 people?
What is 5.2 pounds
8/28
What is 2/7
What time are we allowed to come up stairs in the morning?
What is 9:25
I went to the store and spent $7 on 100 golf tees. How much was one?
What is $0.07
I bought 12 apples for my students who got an A on a test. If I paid $5 dollars for the apples how much was each apple?
What is $0.41