Ratios Proportions Word Problems

What would the proportion look like for the following example? 12 girls have brown eyes and 10 girls have blue eyes.If 72 girls have brown eyes, how many have blue eyes?

• 5

• 15

• 4

What is a ratio?

• A comparison of one number

• A comparison of two units

• The difference between two items

At Grandridge Middle School, the ratio of boys to girls is 5 to 4. There are 556 girls at the

school. How many boys are there?

• 500 Boys

• 556 Boys

• 695 Boys

• 444 Boys

The concessions stand sold 6 hamburgers for every 5 hot dogs during the football game. If there were 546 hamburgers sold, how many hot dogs were sold?

• 630 Hots Dogs

• 655 Hot Dogs

• 430 Hot Dogs

• 455 Hot Dogs

Find the value of x that makes the two ratios equivalent to each other in the following proportions.

• x = 9

• x = 4

• x = 36

• x = 3

Find the value of x that makes the two ratios equivalent to each other in the following proportions.

• x = 12

• x = 2

• x = 30

• x = 3

Find the value of x that makes the two ratios equivalent to each other in the following proportions.

• x = 12

• x = 7

• x = 36

• x = 9

Find the value of x that makes the two ratios equivalent to each other in the following proportions.

• x = 2

• x = 3

• x = 18

• x = 12

Shawnee School has 336 students for every 12 teachers. If there are a total of 1,176 students, how many teachers are there?

• 392 Teachers

• 32,928 Teachers

• 336 Teachers

• 12 Teachers