Solving Word Problems & Graphing Proportional Relationships

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch with 6 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 5 cups of flour

• 2 cups of flour

• 4 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

Maria has 5 apples and buys 3 more. If she gives away 2 apples, how many does she have left?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 4

A car travels 60 miles in 1 hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours? Graph the relationship between time and distance.

• 240 miles

• 180 miles

• 90 miles

• 120 miles

A gardener plants 4 rows of flowers, with 5 flowers in each row. How many flowers are there in total?

• 10

• 20

• 25

• 15

If a book costs $15 and you buy 4 books, how much do you spend in total?

• $60

• $45

• $75

• $30

A train travels at a speed of 80 miles per hour. How far will it travel in 2.5 hours?

• 150 miles

• 250 miles

• 300 miles

• 200 miles

If a store sells 3 pencils for $1.50, how much would 12 pencils cost?

• $7.50

• $3.00

• $6.00

• $4.50

A recipe requires 3 eggs for every 2 cups of milk. If you use 6 cups of milk, how many eggs do you need?

• 3 eggs

• 12 eggs

• 6 eggs

• 9 eggs

A bike rental shop charges a flat fee of $10 plus $2 for every hour you rent the bike. How much will it cost to rent a bike for 5 hours?

• $30

• $25

• $15

• $20

If a school has 120 students and 30 of them are in the band, what fraction of the students are in the band?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/5

• 1/2