WRITING AND SOLVING PROPORTIONS WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

If there are 3 cups of sugar in 24 cookies, how much sugar is there in 72 cookies? Write a proportion.

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Problem 2 :

The word order in some problems requires special care. “A 20-pound turkey serves 28 people. How many people will a 30-pound turkey serve?

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Problem 3 :

Write a proportion and solve. A biologist determined that there were 42 oak trees in a 5-acre forest. How many oak trees would be expected on 40 acres of identical habitat?

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Problem 4 :

There are 6 cups of detergent in a bottle. If 1/3 cup is need for 1 load of laundry, how many loads can be cleaned with one bottle of detergent?

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Problem 5 :

Write a proportion based on the following information: “The directions on a bottle of fuel additive call for pouring in 12 ounces of additive to each 16 gallons of fuel. How many gallons of fuel will 9 ounces treat?”

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Problem 6 :

Susan baked 2 dozen cookies.  If the recipe  called for 3/4 cup of sugar, how much sugar would  she need to bake 4.5 dozen cookies?

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Problem 7 :

Carol can type 660 words in 12 minutes.  How  many words can she type in 40 minutes?

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Problem 8 :

Thirty six pencils are packed in three boxes.   How many pencils are packed in five boxes?

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Problem 9 :

If it costs $13.50 for 5 notebooks, how much will it  cost 8 notebooks?

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Problem 10 :

Janet made 48 cookies. She used 1,104 chocolate chips for all of the cookies. How many chocolate chips were in each cookie?

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Problem 11 :

There are 18,480 feet in 3.5 miles. How many feet are in one mile?

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