Ratios and Proportion Word Problems

What proportion describes the process by virtue of which a quantity is divided into two or more equal or unequal parts?

Find the value of the unknown TERM in the direct proportion.

20:10=6:n

Find the value of the unknown TERM in the direct proportion.

5:15=n:9

Find the value of the unknown TERM in the direct proportion.

n:15=2:10

Find the value of the unknown TERM in the direct proportion.

8:n=9:27

Find the value of the unknown TERM in the direct proportion.

30:45=24:n

It takes 4 men in 6 hours to repair a kitchen. How long will it take 8 men to do the job if they work at the same rate?

What is the ratio of 90 minutes to an hour?

• 9:1

• 2:3

• 1:9

• 3:2

What is the value of n in

12 : 36 = n : 27 ?

Divide 56 in the ratio of 1:4:3. Give the largest number in the new ratio.