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What is the constant of proportionality: 36 miles/6 hours

What is 6 miles/1 hour?

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what is the constant of proportionality: 

X  1     3      5

Y 12   36     60

What is 12?

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Ivan drew a scale drawing of his backyard at a scale of 1in : 3ft. If Ivan's deck is 48 feet wide in real life, what is the width of the deck in the drawing?

16 inches

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Terry is driving at a constant 20 mph. In 8 hours, how many miles will Terry have driven?

What is 160 miles?

100

If I had 2 pens for every 3 pencils, how many pens would I have if I had 60 pencils?

40 pens

200

What is the constant of proportionality: $28.00/7 hot dogs? 

$4.00 per hot dog 

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find the constant of proportionality: 

X     0       3         5

Y     0  2 1/4    3 3/4

What is 3/4?

200

Mitch was looking at a blueprint of West Lake that has a scale of 1 cm : 9 m. If the actual width of the building is 90 meters, what is the width of the school in the drawing?

10 cm 

200

Bob is going on a trail ride at a stable. A 30 minute trail ride cost $15.00. What is the constant of proportionality?

$0.50 per minute

200

The boys in a class compared to the girls are in a ratio of 4 to 5. If there are 16 boys, how many girls are there in the class?  

20 girls 

300

what is the constant of proportionality: 24 miles/8 hours

What is 3 miles/1 hour?

300

what is the constant of proportionality: 

X   0.5   2.5      5

Y     5     25     50

What is 10?

300

Duncan measured a game room and made a scale drawing. The scale of the drawing was 2 inches : 3 feet. If the actual length of the pool table is 9 feet, how long is it in the drawing? 

6 inches 

300

Tammy went on 10 rides at the Washington County Fair. She paid $35.00. What was the cost of each ride?

What is $3.50 per ride?

300

A map scale is 1 inch to 100 miles.  If I go 3.5 inches on the map, how many miles did I go in real distance?

350 miles

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What is the constant of proportionality: 14 miles/4 hours? 

3.5 miles/1 hour

400

Find the constant of proportionality:

X  1.5    18     72

Y    3     36    144

What is 2?

400

A flagpole is 30 ft tall. Using the scale 3 in : 5 ft, find the height of the flagpole in the drawing.

18 inches

400

Maria is selling kittens. Each kitty costs $21.99. How many kitties would there be if the total cost was $197.91?

What is 9 cats?

400

The ratio of people to square miles in Alaska is 5 to 1.  How many people would live in 250 square miles?

1250 people

500

What is the constant of proportionality: Bob can knit 3 scarves every 4 weeks. 

What is 0.75 scarves per week 

500

find the constant of proportionality: 

X  1.75    3.5      6

Y   126    252    432

What is 72

500

The scale of a blueprint is 1/4 in = 4 ft. If a wall is 10 feet high in real life, how high will it be on the drawing? 

5/8 in. 

500

CMS is having a bake sale. Giant cookies are 2 for $4. How many cookies will have to be sold to earn $150? 

75 cookies 

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Five hamburgers cost $7.75. At this rate, how much will 11 hamburgers cost? 

$17.05