Ratios, Proportions & Conversions

Convert 3 feet to inches.

• 12
• 24
• 36
• 48

Convert 10 yards to inches.

• 720
• 360
• 120
• 90

Convert 45 square feet to square yards.

• 5 yd²
• 15 yd²
• 135 yd²
• 405 yd²

A scale drawing of a playground shows 1 inch = 10 feet. If the actual playground is 50 yards long, how long is the playground in the scale drawing?

• 5 inches
• 10 inches
• 12 inches
• 15 inches

Jordan reads fiction at a rate of 3,000 words in a quarter of an hour. What is Jordan's reading rate in words per minute?

• 12,000 words per minute
• 750 words per minute
• 200 words per minute
• 20 words per minute

Johannes can prepare dinner for 4 people for $15. How much money will it cost to prepare dinner for 10 people?

• $22.50
• $30.00
• $35.00
• $37.50

A road crew can pave 1.5 miles of road in an eight-hour shift. If they were stopped after two hours because of weather conditions, how many feet of road did they pave? (1 mile = 5,280 feet).

• 440 feet
• 780 feet
• 1,980 feet
• 1,760 feet

If Juanita can make 10 centerpieces in 15 minutes, how many hours will it take her to make 960 centerpieces?

• 1440 hours
• 11.25 hours
• 22.5 hours
• 24 hours 

One ounce of cheddar cheese contains 9 grams of fat. Six of the grams of fat are saturated fats. Find the ratio of saturated fats to total fat in an ounce of cheese.

• 2:3
• 1:3
• 3:2
• 3:1

Students at a local high school were asked which sport they prefer to watch at the high school, football or basketball. 700 students out of 1,250 students said they prefer football. What is the ratio of students who prefer football to the students who prefer basketball?

• 14:25
• 14:11
• 11:14
• 25:14