Word Problems
15 is 75% of what?
20
Students were surveyed about their pets. Below are the results. What is the ratio of dogs to other pets?
Dogs: 15
Cats: 12
Birds: 2
15:14
On a bike you travel twenty miles in four hours. What is the unit rate of miles per hour?
5 mi/hr
Killiana paid 12.50 for 10 drinks. How much could she expect to pay for 30 drinks?
37.50
Change 12% to a decimal.
0.12
75% of 25 is what?
18.75
The ratio of boys to girls in this class is 12:16. What is the simplified ratio of girls to total?
16:28 = 4:7
A plane can travel 50 miles in 1/2 an hour. At this rate, how many hours will it take the plane to travel 400 miles?
4 hours
25% of my class made a 4 in math. If there are 52 students, how many have a 4?
13
Change 0.23 to a percent.
23%.
Which weights more: a puppy that weighs 8.5 kilograms or a baby that weighs 11 pounds?
a puppy that weights 8.5 kilograms
Name an equivalent ratio for 1:3
3:9
Bob runs 4 laps around a track in 10 minutes. How many minutes per lap is that?
2.5 minutes per lap
Joe's family has completed 60% of a trip. They have traveled 30 miles. How far is the whole trip?
50 miles
Change 0.3 to a fraction and a percent.
3/10 and 30% or 30/100 and 30%
There are 12 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 9 of them are apples. What percentage of the pieces of fruit in the bowl are apples?
75% are apples
A special cereal mixture contains rice, wheat and corn in the ratio of 2:3:5. If a bag of the mixture contains 3 pounds of rice, how much corn does it contain?
7.5
MJ did 105 math problems in a week. What was his unit rate per day if he did the same number of problems each day?
105/7 = 15
When the 6th grade was surveyed, it was reported that 60% of the students spent at least 1 hour on homework. If there are 320 students, how many students spend over an hour on homework?
192 students
Savannah completed 12 out of 20 problems she had for homework. What percentage does she still need complete?
40% (she has already completed 60%)
60% of the snow cones are blue. If there are 120 blue snow cones, about how many total snow cones are there?
200
Clothing store A sells T-shirts in only three colors: red, blue and green. The colors are in the ratio of 3 to 4 to 5. If the store has 20 blue T-shirts, how many T-shirts does it have altogether?
60
At 11:15 you start driving. You drive eighty miles and end at 1:15. What is the unit rate of miles per hour?
40 mi/hr
Michael paid $121.50 for 3 concert tickets. Timothy paid $146 for 4 concert tickets. Who got the better deal? Make a guess first!
40.50 vs. 36.50 (Timothy!)
I recently bought a dress for 55% off the original price! Great deal, I know. If it was originally $60, how much did I pay for it?
$33