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Solving Proportions
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1. Paula baked 36 cookies with 6 scoops of flour. With 8 scoops of flour, how many cookies can Paula bake? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

2. The money used in Jordan is called the Dinar. The exchange rate is $3 to 2 Dinars. Find how many dollars you would receive if you exchanged 22 Dinars.

3. Nathan read a total of 24 books over 6 months. After belonging to the book club for 9 months, how many books will Nathan have read in all? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

4. Jacob prepared 15 kilograms of dough after working 5 hours. How many hours did Jacob work if he prepared 36 kilograms of dough? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

5. Ming was planning a trip to Western Samoa. Before going, she did some research and learned that the exchange rate is 6 Tala for $2. How many Tala would she get if she exchanged $6?

6. If 8 bags of chips costs $10.32, how much will you pay for 24 bags?

7. Ronna jarred 6 liters of jam after 3 days. How many days did Ronna spend making jam if she jarred 12 liters of jam? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

8. A boat travels 450 miles in 15 hours. What is the boat's speed in miles per hour?

9. A car can travel 80 miles on 4 gallons of gasoline. If the gas tank, which can hold about 16 gallons, is half full, how many miles can the car travel before it runs out gas?

10. Of the 50 fish that Jim caught from the lake, 14 were trout. The estimated population of the lake is 7,500 fish. About how many trout would you expect to be in the lake?

11. A shop produces 30 wetsuits every 2 weeks. How many weeks will it take the shop to produce 120 wetsuits?

12. Mark walked three-quarters of a mile in fifteen minutes. How many miles can he walk in an hour?

13. The ratio of athletes to non-athletes at Taylor middle school is 3 to 4. If there are 225 athletes, how many non-athletes are there?

14. Jamie took a total of 16 quizzes over the course of 2 weeks. After attending 3 weeks of school this quarter, how many quizzes will Jamie have taken in total? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

15. A car can travel 480 miles on 15 gallons of gasoline. How far can it travel on 5 gallons?

16. A snail traveled 2 feet in 90 minutes. How far will it travel in 6 hours?