Real Life Proportions

The Northwestern huskies had a record of 25 wins and 45 losses.  What was the ratio of wins to losses?

• 9:5

• 5:9

• 5:3

• 3:5

I paid $15.00 for 6 gallons of gasoline.
What was the price PER gallon?

• $0.40

• $9.00

• $2.50

• $0.90

A store sees 120 customers in 8 hours. What is the unit rate (in customers per hour)?

• 16 customers per hour

• 15 customers per hour

• 12 customers per hour

• 20 customers per hour

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?

• 2.5 cups milk

• 1.75 cups milk

• 2 cups flour

• 2.25 cups milk

If the rangers won 100 games and lost 60, what is the simplified ratio of wins to losses?

• 10 to 6

• 5 to 3

• 6 to 10

• 3 to 5

Ella has 5 balloons. Taylor has 7 balloons. Write the ratio of Ella's balloons to Taylor's balloons.

• 7:5

• 5:7

• 3:5

• 5:3

Solve the proportion below

• 21

• 7

• 8

• 24

What is the constant of proportionality?

• $3

• $4

• $2

• $9

There were 5 ice cream cones for every 3 brownies sold at the ice cream shop. If there were 24 brownies sold, how many ice cream cones were sold?

• 8

• 15

• 40

• 29

A map scale says that 0.5 inches on the map is 80 miles in real life. If two cities are 2.25 inches apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life?

• 80 miles

• 320 miles

• 360 miles

• 400 miles