Solving Proportions

Write and solve a proportion for this scenario.

If Shane can bake 120 dozen cookies in five days, how many days would it take to bake 360 dozen cookies?

• about 15 days

• about 30 days

• about 12 days

• about 7 days

Write and solve a proportion for this scenario.

Marin can write 4 pages of her novel in 22 minutes. If she keeps that pace, how long would it take to write 20 pages?

• 110 minutes

• 5 minutes

• 119 minutes

• 100 minutes

Hunter buys 36 baseball cards for $18. How many baseball cards can Troy buy if he has $9?

• 18 baseball cards

• 4 baseball cards

• 24 baseball cards

• 16 baseball cards

Finley and Cooper are wanting to go to Skyzone. Finley pays $53.75 for 5 hours. How much will Cooper pay for 3 hours?

• $32.25

• $89.53

• 26.88

Ms. Bolling really loves double chocolate chip cookies. She can buy 1 box for $21. What would her cost be for 28 boxes of cookies?

• $600

• $588

• $554

• $500

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

• 39 Computers
• 4.3 Homes
• 39 Homes
• 4.3 Computers

Solve the proportion.

• k=5
• k=3.3333333
• k=60
• k=90

In an animal shelter, the ratio of dogs to cats is 5 to 3. There are 25 dogs.  Write and solve a proportion to find the number c of cats.

• c=15
• c=18
• c=21
• c=16