Constant of Proportionality In Words
Constant of Proportionality Equations
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100

Jude sends 45 E-mails in 15 minutes.

How many E-mails did he send per minute?

He sent 3 E-mails per minute.

100

Navelle earns $12 per hour. Write an equation that represents Navelle's earnings.

y = 12x

100

Is the rate of change for this table constant or variable? Explain.

The relationship is constant because if we divide each cost per number of tickets, we see the constant of proportionality is $1.50 per ticket.

100

Every 2.5 hours, a machine produces
2250 basketballs. What is the unit rate of this proportional relationship?

900 basketballs per hour

100

A map has a scale of 1in:10mi. Find the distance on a map between two cities that are 147 miles apart.

147 * (1/10) = 14.7 in

200

Lenasia earned $640 in a 40-hour work week.

What is Lenasia's hourly rate of pay?

Lenasia earns $16 per hour.

200

Gianna reads 27 pages in 9 minutes. At What rate does Gianna read?

Write an equation for this relationship. 

Gianna reads 3 pages per minute.

y = 3x

200

Is the rate of change for this table constant or variable? Explain.

The rate of change is variable because when we divide the sales of ice cream by each Temperature, we do not get a constant value.

200

Cheri paid $6.50 for the bunch of grapes with the weight of 2.5 lbs. What was the price per pound?

$2.60 per pound

200

A recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar for 1/4 cup of butter. What is the unit rate of sugar to butter

8 cups sugar to  1 cup butter 

300

A helicopter propeller spins 2400 revolutions in 4 minutes. What is the constant of proportionality (k), in revolutions per minute?

The constant of proportionality is k = 600 RPM.

300

Maxine works at law office. the equation y = 135x represents her earnings.Determine how much money she makes if she works 40 hours.

Maxine earns $5,400 in 40 hours.

300

A graph represents a proportional relationship if:

1. 

2.

1. It is a straight line

2. It passes through the origin

300

1/4 kilometer in 1/3 hour 

3/4 km per hour 

300

A scale drawing of an elephant shows the animal as 6 inches high and 10.8 inches long. The scale used for the drawing was 3in:5ft. What are the height and length of the actual elephant. 

Height 10 ft

Length 18 ft 

400

Jeff earned $400 working a 40-hour work week.

Find Jeff's hourly wage and use it to predict how much he will make if he works for 47 hours.

Jeff makes $10 per hour and would make $470 IN 47 hours.

400

The equation y = 55x represents the rate of the Long Island highway speed limit, in miles per hour. Let x represent the number of hours driven and y represent the total miles driven.

How long was Francis driving if he drove 247. 5 miles at the speed limit.

Francis drove for 4.5 hours.

400

What is the slope of this graph?

m = 1/6

400

7/8 square foot in 1/4 hour

3.5 ft  per hour

400

Jana and Jenn are training to run a race. Jana runs 3 miles in 1/3 hour. Jenn runs 5 miles in 3/4 hour. Who runs faster, and what is the unit rate of her speed in minutes per mile. 

Jana runs faster. 6 2/3 min/mi 
500

Janine sells 16 apples for $8.00. What is the unit price for each apple?  

How much would she earn if she sold 64 apples?

The unit price is $0.50 per apple. 

Janine would earn $24 for selling 64 apples.

500

If Jackson ate hamburgers at a rate of 3.5 hamburgers per minute and Jacen ate hamburgers at a rate of 4.7 hamburgers per minute, write an equation that could represent how many more hamburgers Jacen can eat more than Jackson.

y = 1.2x

500

What is the slope of this line?

The slope is undefined.

500

What is the rate of reading?


Time                       3              5                    6

Number of Pages   171            285                342




57 pages per hour

500

Does this relationship show a proportional relationship?


x       2          4         6          8         10

y       4          6         8         10        12

No. 4/2 is not equal to 6/4