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RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS

A. Solve each proportion and give the answer in simplest form.
2 8
1. 6 : 8 = n : 12 2. =
7 n

n 11
3. = 4. 4:n = 6:9
6 3

3 2 0.4 12
5. = 6. =
n 5 1.5 n

7. 2 21 : 3 21 = n : 2 8. 1:2 = n:9

9. 4 to 8 = 15 to n 10. 18 : n = 3 : 11

5 n 12 n
11. = 12. =
6 30 40 25

10 2
13. 8 : 19 = 14 : n 14. =
n 1.7

15. 24 : 1 = n: 1 16. 44 to 121 = n to 11

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B. Solve by using a proportion. Round answers to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

1. You jog 3.6 miles in 30 minutes. At that rate, how long will it take you to jog 4.8 miles?

2. You earn $33 in 8 hours. At that rate, how much would you earn in 5 hours?

3. An airplane flies 105 miles in 1 hour. How far can it fly in 1 41 hours at the same rate of speed?
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4. What is the cost of six filters if eight filters cost $39.92?

5. If one gallon of paint covers 825 sq. ft., how much paint is needed to cover 2640 sq. ft.?

6. A map scale designates 1” = 50 miles. If the distance between two towns on the map is 2.75 inches,
how many miles must you drive to go from the first town to the second?

7. Bob is taking his son to look at colleges. The first college they plan to visit is 150 miles from their
home. In the first hour they drive at a rate of 60 mph. If they want to reach their destination in
2 21 hours, what speed must they average for the remainder of their trip?

8. Four employees can wash 20 service vehicles in 5 hours. How long would it take 5 employees to wash
the same number of vehicles?
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9. In one day you earn $75 for 8 hours of work. If you work 37.5 hours for the week, what will your
weekly pay be?

10. These two figures are similar. Use a proportion to find the length of side n.

30 m n
20 m 12 m

11. The ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 2. If there are 12 boys, how many girls are there?

12. It takes one Super Giant Pizza to feed 3 people. If you invite 36 people, how many pizzas will you
need?

13. At a recent party, it cost $9.50 for refreshments for 10 guests. At this rate, how much would it
cost to have refreshments for 80 guests?

14. Mary has saved $17.50 in the past 3 weeks. At this rate, how much will she save in 15 weeks?

15. Mr. Johnson was paid $190 for a job that required 40 hours of work. At this rate, how much should
he be paid for a job requiring 60 hours of work?
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16. The park ranger stocks the children’s fishing pond keeping a ratio of 4 sunfish to 3 perch. If he puts
300 sunfish into the pond, how many perch should be put into the pond?

17. If two pounds of meat will serve 5 people, how many pounds will be needed to serve 13 people?

18. Jack was planting a tree. He was to dig a hole that was 3 feet deep for every 5 feet of tree height.
How deep should he dig the hole for a tree that is 17 feet high?

19. A certain shade of green paint is made from 5 parts yellow mixed with three parts blue. If 2 cans of
yellow are used, how many cans of blue should be used?

20. If a 4-pound roast takes 150 minutes to cook, how long should a five-pound roast take?

21. If a jogger runs 2 miles and burns 185 calories, how many calories would he burn jogging 3 miles?

22. The ratio of the cost of a tennis racket to tennis balls is 18:1. If a can of balls cost $5.35, what is
the cost of the racket?
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23. Curtis School has 1,575 students. The student to teacher ratio is 15 to 1. How many teachers are at
Curtis School?

24. A recipe calls for 2 21 cups of flour to make 2 dozen cookies. How many cups of flour would be
required to bake 15 dozen cookies?

25. A meteorologist reports that the ratio of snowfall in January to total snowfall during the average
winter is 2 to 5. If 34 inches have fallen in January of the current year, find the predicted total
snowfall for the entire winter.

26. Because of slumping sales, a small company had to lay off some of its employees. The ratio of total
employees to employees laid off is 5 to 1. Find the total number of employees if 22 are laid off.

27. A crew of loggers cleared 1 acre of lumber in 4 days. How long will it take the same crew to clear
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2 34 acres of lumber?

28. A person who weighs 200 pounds on Earth would weigh about 32 pounds on the moon. Find the weight
of a person on Earth who would weigh 15 pounds of the moon.

29. A pump can fill a 750-gallon tank in 35 minutes. How long will it take to fill a 1000-gallon tank with
this same pump?
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30. In a public opinion poll, 624 people from a sample of 1,100 indicated they would vote for a specific
candidate. How many votes can the candidate expect to receive from a population of 40,000?

31. A premature infant is gaining 2.5 ounces a day. At that rate, how many days will it take for him to gain
8 ounces?

32. A copy machine can duplicate 2,400 copies in one hour. How many copies can it make per minute?

33. A pants factory pays its seamstresses by their production output. If the company paid a
seamstresses 5¢ for every 4 pockets she sewed on, how many pockets would she have to sew on to
receive $S60.00?

34. A five-kilogram sack of Beefy-Bones dog food weight 11 41 lbs. How much would a 1-koligram sack
weight?

35. A patient is receiving 1 liter of IV fluids every 8 hours. At that rate, how much will he receive in 3
hours?

36. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 to 4. If there are 25 boys in the class, how many girls are
there?

37. Two bags of grass seed will cover 2,500 sq feet, how many bags of grass seed will you need in order
to cover 7,500 sq ft?
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38. The exchange rate of 1 British pound is worth $1.67, how many pounds (to the nearest whole number)
will you get for $500?

39. Judi runs 4 laps of a track in 25 minutes, how long will it take to run 7 laps at the same speed.

40. In a piece of jewellery the ratio of gold to silver is 5 : 2. If the jewellery contains 40 grammes of
gold, what weight of silver does it contain?

41. An lottery win was shared between two brothers, Frank and Pat, in the ratio 3 : 4. If Pat received
$720, how much did Frank receive?

42. Two farmers, Bill and Dan, decided to split a herd of cows in the ratio 5 : 7. If Dan's share was 42
cows, how many cows did Bill get?

43. An airplane ascends 200 feet as it flies a horizontal distance of 1,000 feet. How much altitude will it
gain as it flies a horizontal distance of 1 mile? [Use 5,280 feet = 1 mile.]

44. In a scale drawing, a building 60 feet tall is drawn 4 inches high. The building next to it is 5 feet tall.
How high will it be drawn in the scale drawing?

45. In a scale drawing, a flagpole 40 feet tall is drawn 2 inches high. The building next to it is drawn 3.5
inches high. How tall is the building?
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46. Donald is making a model car to the scale 1 : 20

(a) His model is 16cm long. How long is the real car?
(b) The real car is 160cm wide. How wide is the model?

47. A watch loses 3 minutes in 6 hours. At this rate, how much would it lose in 24 hours?

48. A contractor finds that 5 gal. of stain will cover 2000 ft.² of floor space. How much stain would be
needed for a job of 3600 ft.² ?

49. A 10 lb. turkey breast contains 25 servings. How many pounds of turkey breast would be needed for
45 servings?

50. A factory manufacturing computer circuits found 35 defective circuits in a lot of 500 circuits. At
this rate, how many defective circuits can be expected in a lot of 1200 circuits?

51. To determine the number of rabbits in a park, a ranger catches 270 rabbits, tags them, and then
releases them. Later, 500 rabbits are caught, and it is found that 108 of them are tagged. Estimate
how many rabbits are in the park.

52. A Java book is comprised of two sections core and advanced Java in the ratio 7:2. How much of each
type of content will be needed to make a book of 450 pages?

53. 30 girls and boys have planned for a picnic. There is a ratio of 3 girls to 7 boys. How many boys are
there?
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54. When measuring distance 12 beads are approximately equal to 6 erasers. How many erasers are equal
to 18 beads? How many beads are equal to 42 erasers?

55. Mr. Jeff divided his money in the ratio 4:2 between Jon and Jack. Jon got the smaller amount of
$1,256. How much did Jack receive?

56. The ratio of the sides of a certain triangle is 2:7:8. If the longest side of the triangle is 40 cm, how
long are the other two sides?

57. If a quarterback completes 20 out of 45 passes in his first game, how many passes do you expect him
to complete in his second game if he only throws 18passes?

58. On a trip across the country Joe used 20 gallons of gas to go 300 miles. At this rate, how much gas
must he use to go 3,500 miles?

59. On a map 3 inches represents 10 miles. How many miles do 16 inches represent?

60. If our class is representative of the university and there are 2 males for every 12 females. How many
men attend the university if the female population totals 15,000?

61. The ratio of length to width of a rectangle is 8:3. Find the dimensions of the rectangle if the
perimeter is 88dm.
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62. The ratio of width to length in a rectangle is 3:8. If the length of the rectangle is 20 inches, what is
the width?

63. There were 5 boys for every 3 girls in the class. Out of the 56 students in the class, how many were
girls?

64. Fred paid $72 last week in gas for his car. If he used 56 gallons of gas, how much did he pay per
gallon?

65. A store sells bars of soap at 4 for $3.56 or 3 for $2.97. What is the unit price of the soap that is
the better buy?

66. Bob drove 320 miles in 5 hours. At this rate, how far could he travel in three hours?

67. A 15 pound ham is enough to serve 20 people. How much ham do you need to serve 50 people?

68. The ratio length to width of a rectangle is 8:3. Find the dimensions of the rectangle if the perimeter
is 88 inches.

69. The ratio of men to women in a class is 2:7. Of the 36 students in the class, how many were women?