Solving Proportions and Proportion Word Problems

Benjamin has 2 books and Lily has 3 books. If William has 8 books, how many books would someone have if they had the same proportion of books as Benjamin and Lily?

• 4 books

• 12 books

• 6 books

• 10 books

Ethan is planning a long drive in his car which consumes 1 gallon of gas for every 25 miles. If his destination is 200 miles away, how many gallons of gas will he need for his journey?

• 5 gallons

• 15 gallons

• 10 gallons

• 8 gallons

Abigail, Ava, and Hannah are trying to figure out how to equally split a pizza into 3 parts. What method are they likely to use?

• Writing a novel

• Calculating the area of a circle

• Baking a cake

• The cross-multiplication method

Noah has 3 apples and he wants to share them equally during a picnic with his 5 friends. If Scarlett wants to do the same during her picnic with her 15 friends, how many apples does Scarlett need to bring?

• Scarlett needs to bring 12 apples

• Scarlett needs to bring 9 apples

• Scarlett needs to bring 5 apples

• Scarlett needs to bring 3 apples

Which topic is covered in the video 'Solving proportions 2'?

• Equivalent ratio word problems

• Rates with fractions

• Solving proportions

• Writing proportions

6 pencils costs 36 cents. How much do 2 pencils cost?

• 6

• 12

• 3

• 8

8 sweets cost 72 cents. How much do 6 sweets cost?

• 45

• 54

• 36

• 24

If four ice creams cost $3.20, what would 8 ice cream cost?

• $7.20

• $6.40

• $10.00

• $9.60

Three bags of rice weigh 90 kgs. How much do 9 bags weigh?

• 180 kg

• 240 kg

• 270 kg

• 360 kg

Six movie tickets cost $240. How much do 2 movie tickets cost?

• $30

• $80

• $60

• $90