Proportion Solving

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

Hamburger meat sells for $6 for every 3 pounds. If Alicia buys 10 pounds of hamburger meat, how much will she pay?

• $30

• $20

• $60

• $10

• YES

• NO

• True

• False

Sara can type 90 words in 4 minutes. About how many words would you expect her to type in 10 minutes at this rate?

• 900 words

• 180 words

• 225 words

• 360 words

The weight of 13 candy bars is 26 ounces.  If each candy bar weighs the same amount, what is the weight of 35 candy bars?

• 78 ounces

• 52 ounce

• 70 ounces

• 2 ounce

A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours (with a constant speed).  How long will it take a car to travel 200 miles?

• 6 hours

• 5 hours

• 4 hours

• 1 hour

The cost of 50 apples is $25.00.  How much would 75 apples cost?

• $12.50

• $50.00

• $37.50

• $75.00

It takes Mike 18 minutes to finish reading 4 pages of a book.  If Mike reads each page at the same pace, how long does it take for him to finish reading 30 pages?

• 125 minutes

• 162 minutes

• 72 minutes

• 135 minutes

Nathan packs 39 boxes in 3 hours for UPS.  If Nathan packs the same number of boxes every hour, how many boxes can he pack in his 8-hour shift?

• 104 boxes

• 117 boxes

• 13 boxes

• 78 boxes