Solving Problems with Proportional Relationships Name:

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1. An animal shelter needs to buy 8 pounds of cat food for 2. An animal shelter needs to buy 8 pounds of cat food for
every cat they have. Complete the following table of every cat they have. Complete the following table of
cats to pounds of cat food. cats to pounds of cat food.

Cats Lbs of cat food Cats Lbs of cat food

16 5
5 7
64 13
80 112
120 144
232 25
3. A recipe for cookies calls for 3 tablespoons of baking 4. A recipe for fried rice calls for 5 tablespoons of soy
soda to 2 cups of flour. Graph the relationship of baking sauce to 4 cups of rice. Graph the relationship of soy
soda to flour with tablespoons of baking soda on the y sauce to rice with tablespoons of soy sauce on the y
axis and cups of flour on the x axis. axis and cups of rice on the x axis.

9 9

8 8

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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5. Solve the proportion for k . 6. Solve the proportion for c.
7 4
8 ​ = k
40 ​
c
25 ​ = 5 ​

7. Nellie's pay is proportional to the time she works. 8. Emily's recipe for pancakes calls for 3 cups of water
Nellie earns $21.00 per hour. If Nellie works for 15 and 2 cups of flour. How many cups of water and flour
hours, how much does she earn? would Emily need to make 12 a batch of pancakes?
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Solving Problems with Proportional Relationships
Answer key

1. An animal shelter needs to buy 8 pounds of cat food for 2. An animal shelter needs to buy 8 pounds of cat food for
every cat they have. Complete the following table of every cat they have. Complete the following table of
cats to pounds of cat food. cats to pounds of cat food.

Cats Lbs of cat food Cats Lbs of cat food

2 16 5 40
5 40 7 56
8 64 13 104
10 80 14 112
15 120 18 144
29 232 25 200
3. A recipe for cookies calls for 3 tablespoons of baking 4. A recipe for fried rice calls for 5 tablespoons of soy
soda to 2 cups of flour. Graph the relationship of baking sauce to 4 cups of rice. Graph the relationship of soy
soda to flour with tablespoons of baking soda on the y sauce to rice with tablespoons of soy sauce on the y
axis and cups of flour on the x axis. axis and cups of rice on the x axis.

9 9

8 8

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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5. Solve the proportion for k . 6. Solve the proportion for c.
7 4
8 ​ = k
40 ​
c
25 ​ = 5 ​

k = 35 c = 20

7. Nellie's pay is proportional to the time she works. 8. Emily's recipe for pancakes calls for 3 cups of water
Nellie earns $21.00 per hour. If Nellie works for 15 and 2 cups of flour. How many cups of water and flour
hours, how much does she earn? would Emily need to make 12 a batch of pancakes?
​

315 dollars water: 1.5

flour: 1

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