A pencil box has 12 red pens and 8 blue pens. A larger pencil case keeps the same ratio of red and blue pens. If the larger pencil case has 40 blue pens, how many red pens does it have?
What is 60 red pens?
100
A teacher has 60 pieces of candy to give to his 20 students. How many pieces of candy does each student get?
What is 3 pieces of candy?
100
A car that drove 50 miles in 2 hours, and a bike that went 72 miles in 3 hours. Which one went faster? How do you know?
What is the car, because it went 25 miles in one hour, and the bike went 24 miles in one hour?
100
28 is what percent of 140?
What is 20%?
100
The only two operations that can be used in a proportion or ratio table.
What is multiplication and division?
200
A large lake has 45 fish and 36 turtles. You want a small fish tank that has the same ratio of fish and turtles. How many turtles are there if there are 5 fish?
What is 4 turtles?
200
A student eats 96 cookies in 24 days. How many cookies did the student eat each day?
What is 4 cookies?
200
A boat that sailed 144 miles in 6 hours, and a car that drove 46 miles in 2 hours. Which one went faster and why?
What is the boat, because it sailed 24 miles in one hour and the car drove 23 miles in one hour?
200
Last year 25% of the sixth grade got 4's on the New York State Math Test. If there were 84 students in the sixth grade last year, how many students got a 4?
What is 21 students?
200
The meaning of
5 girls : 4 boys
What is the ratio 5 girls for every 4 boys?
300
As a kid your closet had 10 dress shirts and 4 dress pants. As an adult you want to keep the same ratio of dress pants and dress shirts, but you have money to buy more clothes. If your closet as an adult has 10 dress pants, how many dress shirts will you have?
What is 25 dress shirts?
300
A group of friends made 144 dollars babysitting. If there are three friends, how much did each friend get?
What is 48 dollars?
300
5 pounds of apples for $12 at CTown.
2 pounds of apples for $5 at Key Food.
Which one is the better deal and why?
What is 5 pounds at CTown because each pound costs $2.40 and $2.50 at Key Food.
300
40% of tomorrow's math test is percent problems. There are ten problems on tomorrow's test. How many problems do not require percents?
What is 6?
300
The most common representation of a ratio.
What is a fraction?
400
In the wild there are 28 lions for every 105 gazelles. A zoo wants to keep this ratio when they have lions and gazelles in captivity. If the zoo has 45 gazelles, how many lions does it have?
What is 12 lions?
400
Waiters put all the money they got in tips together and distribute it evenly with all the waiters. If 8 waiters made 230 dollars in tips, what is amount each waiter will get?
What is 28.75?
400
10 limes for a dollar at Popular Supermarket.
4 limes for $0.50 at CTown.
What is 10 limes at Popular because each lime costs 10 cents, and 12 cents at Ctown?
400
A TV costs 900 dollars before the tax. The tax percentage at this store is 8%. How much does the TV cost after the tax?
What is 972 dollars?
400
The two ways to identify the "whole" in a percent problem.
What is after the word "of" and finding the total?
500
You start cooking and realize you only have 18 apples to make apple pie. However your recipe requires 20 apples for every 6 cups of sugar. You need to adjust the recipe. How many cups of sugar will you use now?
What is 5.4 cups of sugar?
500
A runner ran 18 miles on Monday, 10 miles on Tuesday, 20 miles on Thursday, 9 miles on Friday and 3 miles on Saturday. How many miles did the runner run per day that her ran?
What is 12 miles?
500
$8.75 for a 10 ounce steak at Trade Fair
$10.80 for a 12 ounce steak at Stop and Shop
What is a 10 ounce steak at Trade Fair because each ounce costs 88 cents, and 90 cents at Stop and Shop.
500
A Playstation 4 controller costs $50. At best buy there was an 18% discount on all game accessories. How much did the controller cost during the sale?