Using Proportional Reasoning
Ratios & Rates

Practice
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Fish Reading BookRemember that proportions, ratios and rates problems can be solved using equivalent fractions.  Be sure to keep the units in the same place in each fraction.

 

Solve each problem using scrap paper.  
Click on the pictures to check your work.

 

Question 1

Wayne paid $5 for 4 notebooks.  How much would he pay for a dozen?
Books
Question 2

Jill's new car can travel 32 miles per gallon.  How far can she travel on 18 gallons?
Car
Question 3

The ratio of tulips to daffodils in Mrs. Smith's garden is 5 : 7.  If there are 21 daffodils, how many tulips are there?
Flowers
Question 4

Marie can run 10 kilometers in 45 minutes.  In how many minutes can she run 3 kilometers?
Girl Running
Question 5

The ratio of soccer players to basketball players in the auditorium is 4 to 7.  If there are 132 students in the auditorium how many soccer players are there?
Soccer Player

 

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