IM: 7.4.2: Ratios and Rates With Fractions (Practice)

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11 Questions

A cyclist rode 3.75 miles in 0.3 hours.

How fast was she going in miles per hour?

At that rate, how long will it take her to go 4.5 miles?

A recipe for sparkling grape juice calls for 11/2 quarts of sparkling water and 3/4 quart of grape juice.

How much sparkling water would you need to mix with 9 quarts of grape juice?

How much grape juice would you need to mix with 15/4 quarts of sparkling water?

How much of each ingredient would you need to make 100 quarts of sparkling grape juice?

At a deli counter,
Someone bought 13/4 pounds of ham for $14.50.
Someone bought 21/2 pounds of turkey for $26.25.
Someone bought 3/8 pounds of roast beef for $5.50.

Which meat is the least expensive per pound? Explain how you know.

Which meat is the most expensive per pound? Explain how you know.

Draw a scaled copy of the circle using a scale factor of 2.

How does the circumference of the scaled copy compare to the circumference of the original circle?

10.

How does the area of the scaled copy compare to the area of the original circle?

11.

Jada has a scale map of Kansas that fits on a page in her book. The page is 5 inches by 8 inches. Kansas is about 210 miles by 410 miles. Select all scales that could be a scale of the map. (There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch.)