Word Problems
Joe knows a 4-pound turkey breast will feed 8 people. If 15 people are coming to Joe’s home for dinner, at this rate how many pounds of turkey breast will be need?
7.5 pounds
What's 42% of 120?
50.4
Create a ratio table shows that 2 notebooks cost $6. Find the cost of 4, 6 & 8 notebooks.
$12, $18, $24
If 1 foot equals 12 inches, how many inches are in 4 feet?
48 inches
Convert 3.4 x 10^4 to standard form
34,000
A cooler of drinks has 5 bottles of water for every 3 sodas. If there are 120 drinks in the cooler, how many are sodas?
45 sodas
10% of people who enter the contest will win. If 400 people have entered the contest, how many will win?
40 will win
Create a ratio table:
A recipe uses 4 cups of flour for 6 batches of cookies. How many cups of flour are needed for 9, 15, and 27 batches?
6, 10 & 18 cups of flour
A runner jogs 2 miles. How many feet did the runner jog? (1 mile = 5,280 feet)
10,560 ft
What is the unit rate of 232 people in 8 classrooms?
29 people per classroom
Macy is making lemonade for a birthday party. The directions say to use 3 cups of water for every ½ cup of lemonade mix. How much lemonade mix will Macy use to make lemonade with 45 cups of water?
7.5 cups
Ms. Jones had 48 students pass the first test. If 96% of students passed the test, how many total students does Ms. Jones have?
Round to the nearest integer!
50 total students
Create a ratio table:
A ratio table shows that a car travels 125 miles in 2 hours. How far will it travel in 5, 12 & 24 hours?
312.5, 750 & 1,500 miles
A recipe calls for 74 ounces of milk. How many cups is this? (1 cup = 8 ounces)
9.25 cups
Complete the conversion: The fraction 2/5 is equivalent to the decimal ______ and the percent ______%.
0.4 and 40%
Jenna is paid an hourly rate. One week she earned $157.50 by working 30 hours. If she works 35 hours the next week, how much will she earn?
$183.75
There are 75 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 36% of them are strawberries. How many strawberries are in the bowl?
27 strawberries
Create a ratio table showing that 7 pounds of apples cost $10.50. What is the cost of 1, 21 & 49 pounds of apples?
$1.50, $31.50 & $73.50
1 inch is equal to approximately 2.54 centimeters. How many inches are in 26 centimeters? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
10.2 inches
Mr Demo has 5 yellow marbles, 3 green marbles, and 10 clear marbles. What is the ratio of clear marbles to total marbles written as a fraction? Write the fraction/ratio in simplest form.
5/9
How much do you pay in total if you owe 7% tax on a $55 video game?
What is $58.85
Stan had 15 apples and gave 10 to his sister. If he had 21 apples and wanted to give the same percentage to his sister, how many apples should she get?
14 apples
Create a ratio table:
A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of sugar for 3 batches of brownies. How many cups of sugar are needed for 9, 15, and 27 batches?
Keep answers as fractions!
7 1/2, 12 1/2 & 22 1/2 batches
A car travels 90 miles in 90 minutes. What is the car's speed in miles per hour?
60 miles per hour
true or false
-9(7)(-3)= 180
EXTRA 500 POINTS IF YOU PROVIDE THE CORRECT ANSWER!!
false