Easy Proportion Word Problems

A car travels 320 miles in 7.5 hours. If the car continues at the same rate, how far will it travel in 12 hours?

• 504

• 512

• 580

• 640

A bird flies 35 meters in 10 seconds. If it keeps flying at the same rate, how long will it take it to fly 14 more meters?

• 4 seconds

• 14 seconds

• 18 seconds

• 49 seconds

Ramon travels 20 miles in 20 minutes, how many miles can he travel in 120 minutes?

• 10 miles

• 40 miles

• 120 miles

• 200 miles

About 13 out of 20 homes have a personal computer. On a street with 60 homes, how many would you expect to have a personal computer?

• 7

• 39

• 40

• 73

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

• 1.75 cups milk

• 2 cups milk

• 2.25 cups milk

• 2.5 cups milk

A shop produces 39 wetsuits every 2 weeks. How long will it take the shop to produce 429 wetsuits?

• 18 weeks

• 20 weeks

• 22 weeks

• 24 weeks

5 kilometers is equivalent to about 3.1 miles. About how many miles would 20 kilometers be?

• 3.5 miles

• 7.2 miles

• 8.8 miles

• 12.4 miles

The ratio of the height to the width of a packaging label is 5 to 19. If the height of the label is 2.5 inches, what is the width?

• 0.7 inches

• 7.5 inches

• 9.5 inches

• 21.5 inches

If 7 sandwich rolls cost $1.68, how much will 29 rolls cost?

• $6.96

• $7.96

• $11.76

• $13.76

A label printer prints 7 labels in 3.4 seconds. How long will it take to print 56 pages of labels?

• 27.20 seconds

• 29.20 seconds

• 30.20 seconds

• 31.20 seconds