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Proportion Word Problems 3
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1. Sam purchased 5 t-shirts for $15.50. If Sam purchased 12 shirts, they would cost Sam $___.

2. To make lemonade, you need 6 lemons and 8 cups of water. How many lemons do you need if you have 24 cups of water?

3. A frame is 9 in. wide and 6 in. tall. If it is reduced to a width of 3 in. then how tall will it be?

4. At Discount Copy, 12 copies cost $0.66. Melissa needs 56 copies. How much should they cost?

5. The money used in Saudi Arabia is called the Riyal. The exchange rate is 4 Riyals to $1. Find how many Riyals you would receive if you exchanged $5.

6. The ratio of an object's weight on Earth to its weight on the Moon is 6:1. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. He weighed 165 pounds on Earth. How much did he weigh on the moon?

7. If 3 twinkies cost $1, how much is it for 15 twinkies?

8. Danville received 10 inches of snow in 3 weeks. Danville could expect ___ inches in 15 weeks?

9. The ratio of teachers to students needs to be 1:30. If there were 120 students, how many teachers would be needed?

10. Jacob bought one bulb of elephant garlic for $2.50. How many bulbs can Stephanie buy if she has $18?

11. A boat travels 104 miles in 52 hours (with a constant speed). How much time will it take traveling 272 miles?

12. The ratio of seventh graders to eighth graders participating in the science fair is 3:4. There are 210 students participating in the science fair. How many 7th graders are there?

13. It takes 20 minutes to cut a log into 7 equal-size pieces. How long will it take to cut a similar log into 3 equal-size pieces?

14. You can buy 2 hot dogs for $3. How much would it be for 4 hot dogs?

15. For every left-handed person, there are about 4 righthanded people. If there are 30 students in a class, write and solve a proportion to predict the number of students who are right-handed.

16. You purchased 1.75 pounds of hamburger for $3.95. You have $12.00 to spend on hamburger. You can buy about ____ pounds.

17. An amusement park line is moving about 4 feet every 15 minutes. At this rate, approximately how long will it take for a person at the back of the 50- foot line to reach the front of the line?

18. The ratio of boys to girls going on the field trip is 9:8. If there are 96 girls going, how many boys will be going on the field trip?

19. Darrell drove 189 miles in 3 hours. What was Darrell's average rate of speed in miles per hour?

20. A photocopier is used to make a similar, reduced copy of a document. The original document is 24 centimeters wide and 33 centimeters tall. The copy is 15 centimeters wide. What is the height of the copy, to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?

21. At the Copy Shoppe, 18 copies cost $1.08. At that rate, how much will 40 copies cost?

22. Jan saved $215.00 in 15 months. If she continues saving at the same rate, she could save $___ in 2 years?

23. If 5 pencils cost 20 cents, how much would 15 pencils cost?

24. Natalie bought one bunch of fennel for $2. How many bunches can Stephanie buy if she has $6?

25. You planted a total of 25 flowers and 15 of them were red roses. If you planted 60 flowers, about how many would be red roses?