Proportions, Triangles
Ratio Word Problems
Using Ratios to Compare
Percent Word Problems
Miscellany
100

(4/9)/x=(2 1/5)/(1 3/4)

What is

x=35/99

100

The number of spiders if they outnumbered the band 17 to 7 and there were 14 in the band

What is 34?

100

The price per kilo of lentils if 20 kilos sold for R120

What is R6?

100

The percent increase in the size of the hobbit baby's feet if they increased from 15 to 18 cm in circumference in one week!

What is 20%?

100

3.1 x 10-5 in standard notation

What is 0.000031?

200

(2 1/3)/(7/10)=6/x

What is

9/5?

200

The number of dwarves at Aragorn's feast if the ratio of hobbits to dwarves was 5 to 9 and there were 75 hobbits

What is 135 dwarves?

200

The better buy if the big can held 16g and cost 80 cents and the small can held 12 ounces and cost 72 cents

What is the big can?

200

The total number of hobbits in the Shire if 40% of them, 1600 hobbits, are farmers

What is 4000 hobbits?

200

root(j)(k)

if j = 4 and k = 81

What is 3?

300

the value of x, given the proportional triangles

What is x = 6?

300

The number of ents who overran Isengard if the ratio of ents to orcs was 1 to 1,000 and there were 40,000 orcs

What is 40 ents?

300

The one who got the better deal if the wife bought 3kg of mince for R260 and her husband bought 4kg for R330

Who is her husband?

300

The percent of the fireworks not set off if Gandalf brought 700 fireworks and set 420 off

What is 40%?

300

10y + 4 = 6

What is

y=1/5?

400

(2 6/7)/(4 12/21)=(4 2/3)/x

What is

112/15?

400

The number hobbits angry at Bilbo's disappearance if the ratio of angry to entertained was 22 to 3 and the number of entertained was 24

What is 176 hobbits?

400

The best price if Checkers sold 1 dozen for R14.40 and Pick n Pay sold 3 dozen for R46.80

What is Checkers?

400

The original price of the dress at Woolworths if she bought it for R140 after a 30% discount

What is R200?

400

0.25 as a decimal and a percent

What is

1/4,25%?

500

DOUBLE!

the value of x and y, given the proportional triangles

What is

x = 49/5, y = 7?

500

The number of elves at Helm's Deep if the ratio of the number of Uruk-hai to elves was 13 to 2 and there were 39000 Uruk-hai

What is 6000 elves?

500

The better deal if Couscous costs $4.50 for a 3-pound bag at the market and $14 for an 8-pound bag in the store

What is the market?

500

The total men of Rohan there if 75% of them could ride a horse and 140 could not

What is 560 men?

500

The circumference and area of a circle with radius 2 m?

What is 12.56m, 12.56m2?