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100
  1. Sherry saved $50 last summer while Cindy saved $90.  What is the ratio of Sherry’s savings to Cindy’s savings?(simplify, use colon:)



5:9

100

If a dozen donuts cost $4.50, what is the unit cost?

.38 cents 

100

For every 28 students at the school, there are 2 teachers.  How many students would there be if there were 24 teachers?

336 students 

100

If Ralph makes  12 out of 20 of his free throws in a basketball game, what is his free throw shooting percentage?

60%

100

A cat weighs 4.5 pounds. How many ounces does the cat weigh?

72 ounces

200

Which scenario can be represented by 4:5?

a. coffee cups to total cups if 4 coffee cups and 5 juice cups

b. fiction to nonfiction if 4 are fiction and 5 nonfiction

c. forks to total utensils if 4 are forks and 5 spoons

d. red to yellow socks if 4 are yellow and 5 red

b

200

A mail carrier delivered mail to 84 houses in 3 hours. How many houses per hour can she deliver?

28 houses

200

The average lion can run 250 miles in 5 hours.  How long would it take the lion to run 125 miles?

2.5 hours

200

25% of the teachers ate pizza for lunch at the picnic.  If 22 teachers ate pizza, how many teachers were at the picnic?

88 teachers

200

A baby elephant weighs 100 kilograms. How many grams does the elephant weigh?

100,000 grams

300

X   Y

2   6
4   12
6   18

What is the ratio of Y to X in simplest form?




3:1

300

A box of 12 granola bars cost $6.40. What is the price per granola bar? 

.53 cents 

300

The ratio of apples to oranges is 5 to 4. If you have 40 apples, how many oranges do you have?



32 oranges

300

Vivian count 15 vanilla cups and 25 chocolate cups. Which proportion can be used to determine the percent, p, of ice cream that is chocolate?

a. 25= p
   100 40

b. p = 25
  100  40

b

300

Johnson worked 4 hours, h. He earns $17.50 per hour. Write an equation that will give his total earnings, t.

t=17.50h

400
Which ratio is equivalent to 4:6

a. 8:10
b. 6:12
c. 10:15
d. 9:12

c

400

A submarine travels at a constant rate of 518 kilometers in 14 hours. How far does it travel in 1 hour?

37 kilometers

400

There are 16 granola bars in 2 boxes. What is the minimum number of boxes needed for 80 granola bars?

10 boxes

400

55% of students are in art class at CJHS. If 430 students are in 7th grade, how many take art?

237 students

400

Solve for X and Y

time    pages
30       150
X         300
70       350
100      Y
120     600

X is 60; Y is 500

500

A graph shows the number of miles traveled on the y-axis and the number of hours traveled on the x-axis. Simplify miles per hour if the graph shows (4,200). 

(1,50)

500

Sam picked 600 grapes in 20 minutes. How many did she pick in one minute? 

30 per minute 

500

Sara and Kate both work the same amount of hours, h, at Chick-Fil-A. They make $12.50 an hour. Write an equation that gives their total earnings combined, e. 

e=2($12.50h)

500

Mike bought 80% of the puzzles on the shelf at the store. If he bought 24 puzzles, how many were on the shelf? 

30 puzzles 

500

Solve for A, B, and C

Length  3, A, 15, B

Width    2, 8, C, 20

A is 12, B is 10, C is 30