7LRIS WS #20 Proportion Real World Problems

1) Tris hikes 2 miles in 40 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take her to hike 8 miles?

2) Nadia can read 45 words in 2 minutes. How many words can she read in one minute?

3) Will can type 63 words in 90 seconds. how many can he type in 30 seconds?

4) Radford can text 32 words a minute. How many can he text in 9 minutes?

5) The scale on a blueprint for a new home is: 0.5 in. = 10 ft. What is the width of the kitchen if the width on the blueprint is 1.25 inches?

6) Dresdan can make 3 cabinets in 1.5 hours. How long does it take him to make 1 cabinet?

7) Bricki wants to enlarge a family picture. The original measurement of the picture is 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. If she wants the new picture to be 17 inches wide, how tall does it need to be?

8) Blake Griffin is 82 inches tall and can jump 32 inches. If he was Mario's height (1.5 inches) how high would he be able to jump?

9) Randi can sew 2 shirts every 1.5 hours. How long will it take him to sew 15 shirts?

10) Janeane can read 5 pages in 7 minutes. How many pages can she read in 45 minutes?

11) Dubai money is in Euros. The exchange rate is 0.74 Euro to 1 US Dollar. If you have $92 US dollars, how many Euros is that?

12) A US map has a scale of

1.5 inches = 1,000 miles. On the map Sacramento, California to Washington D.C. is 4.5 inches. How far is it really?

13) It takes Andrew 27 minutes to clean 2 rooms. How long will it take him to clean 8 rooms?

14) Jan can paint 1 picture in 4 hours. How long will it take her to paint 24 pictures?

15) Using the table find the UNIT RATE.

Write answer like:

10 students/teacher

15a) Now that you know the UNIT RATE, write the UNIT RATE EQUATION.

Write answer like: y = 10x

16) Using the table find the UNIT RATE.

Write answer like:

10 yards/minute

16a) Now that you know the UNIT RATE, write the UNIT RATE EQUATION.

Write answer like: y = 10x