Proportion Word Problems

Jocelyn worked 3 hours and made $27. If she works 9 hours, how much money can she expect to make?

• $37

• $27

• $243

• $81

The ratio of students to laptops in a school is 3:2. If there are 1,200 students, how many laptops are there?

• 800

• 1,800

• 1,200

• 900

If 24 water bottles weighs 30 pounds, how much would a shipment of 150 water bottles weigh?

• 120

• 150

• 187.5

• 192.3

The ratio of adults to children in a movie theater is 7:2. If there are 26 children in the theater, how many adults are there?

• 7

• 91

• 8

• 26

• 4

• 60

• 48

Alana's hair grew 2 inches in 5 months. At this rate, how many inches would her hair grow in 1 year?

• 0.4

• 4.8

• 4

• 4.5

There are 158 beats per minute in a certain Taylor Swift song. If the song is 3 minutes and 30 seconds long, how many total beats are there?

• 521.4

• 157.5

• 45.14

• 553

Jane worked 38 hours at the grocery store last week and made $296.40. If she works three less hours this week than she did last week, how much will she make this week?

• $273

• $319.80

• $569.40

• $321.81

The ratio of strawberries to blueberries in a basket is 3:5. If there are 72 strawberries in the basket, find the total number of strawberries and blueberries in the basket.

• 43

• 120

• 115

• 192

Sam wants to enlarge a photo to make into a poster for his room. The photograph is 6 inches tall. The poster will be created using a scale of 4.5 inches = 2 inches. How tall will the poster be?

• 13.5 inches

• 2.7 inches

• 27 inches

• 15 inches