Ratios & Proportional Relationships - 20 Challenging Questions
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Recipe ratio: flour:sugar:butter = 4:2:1. You have 12 cups flour. How much sugar and butter total?
Find scale factor first, then apply to other parts
Store A: $120 with 25% off. Store B: $100 with 15% off. Which is cheaper and by how much?
Trail mix: nuts:raisins:chocolate = 5:3:2. For 40 oz total, nuts = ___ oz
Find total parts, then calculate fraction
Map scale 1:250,000. Two cities are 8 cm apart on map. Real distance in km? (1 cm = 2.5 km)
Multiply map distance by scale factor
A $200 item with successive discounts of 20% then 10% costs the same as a single 30% discount.
Solve: (x+2)/5 = 6/3
$500 invested at 6% annual simple interest. After 3 years, what's total balance?
Calculate interest, then add to principal
You earn $240, budget 25% savings, 15% charity, 40% needs. Wants = $___
Calculate remaining percentage after other allocations
Two workers finish job in 12 days. Working at same rate, how many days for 3 workers?
More workers = less time (inverse relationship)
Currency: 1 EUR = 1.18 USD. You have 250 EUR. How many USD?
If prices increase 50% then decrease 50%, you end up at the original price.
Shadow proportions: 5 ft pole โ 3 ft shadow. Tree โ 21 ft shadow. Tree height = ___ ft
Set up proportion and cross-multiply
Compound interest: $400 at 5% annual. After 2 years, what's total? (Interest compounds annually)
Apply interest rate twice
Paint mix: 3 parts blue, 2 parts yellow, 1 part white makes 18 liters. How much blue?
You need $800. You've saved $350. At $25/week, how many more weeks to reach goal?
Find remaining amount, then divide by weekly savings
Concert tickets: early bird $45 (30% off). Regular price = $___
Work backwards from discount price
Three ratios equivalent to 2:5 are 4:10, 6:15, and 8:20.
Investment doubles in value. What's the percent increase?
Budget ratio: savings:spending = 3:7. Income $500. After 6 months, total savings?
Find monthly savings, then multiply by 6
Sales tax 7.5%. Item costs $80 before tax. Total with tax = $___
Calculate tax, then add to original price
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