Lecture Proportions: Word Problems

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If four ice creams cost $3.20, what would 8 ice cream cost?

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. Jake made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct and equal?

A scale model of a whale is being built. The actual length of the whale is 65 feet. The scale of the model is 2 in : 3 ft. What will be the length of the model?

About 13 out of 20 homes have personal computer. On a street with 60 homes, how many computers would you expect to have?

Hamburger meat sells for $6.00 for every 3 pounds. If Alicia buys 10 pounds of hamburger meat, how much will she pay?

12 ounce shampoo bottle lasts MIke 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18 ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?

Pat needs 14 sticks of pepperoni to make 28 pizzas. How many sticks of pepperoni are needed to make 36 pizzas?

The pair of figures is similar. Find the missing side.

The pair of figures is similar. Find the missing side.

A rectangular garden is 45 ft wide and 70 ft long. In a drawing, the width is 9 in. Identify the length on the drawing.

An 8 foot tall street sign cast a 6 foot shadow at the same time that a building casts a 48 foot shadow. How many feet tall is the building?

If the man in the diagram is 6 feet tall, what is the height of the tree?