Proportions Explained: Practice Problems and Examples

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Ratios, rates, proportions

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2alr8w 2022-01-24

You burn 10 calories each minute you jog. What integers represents the change in your calories after you jog for 20 minutes?

bistandsq 2022-01-23

How do you simplify $30 : 75 ?$

Dayton Burnett 2022-01-23

Verifing $\int_{0}^{π} x \ln (\sin x) d x = - \ln (2) \frac{π^{2}}{2}$

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How do you solve $13 = \frac{a}{- 2}$

Rudy Koch 2022-01-23

Emily has $1.24. Joey has $5.36. Maria has $2.42. Do they have enough money to purchase a CD for $9.00?

veceriraby 2022-01-23

Carly had some chocolates. She gave 178 chocolates to her neighbour and $\frac{2}{5}$ of the remainder to her daughter. With the remaining chocolates, she gave $\frac{1}{3}$ of the chocolates to her son and then had 256 chocolates left. How many chocolates had she at first?

Vanessa Hensley 2022-01-23

Mrs Chen bought some eggs. She used $\frac{1}{2}$ of them to make tarts and $\frac{1}{4}$ of the remained to make a cake. She had 9 eggs left. How many eggs did she buy?

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Erica bought $3 \frac{1}{2}$ yars of fabric. If she uses $\frac{2}{3}$ of the fabric to make a curtain, how much will she have left?

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A baker is going to make 24 blueberry pies. She wants to make sure each pie contains 3.5 cups of blueberries. How many cups of blueberries will she need?

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One cup of popcorn kernels make four cups of popped corn. There are six cups of kernels in a bag. How many cups of popped corn will one bag make?

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How do you simplify $\frac{3}{5 y} + \frac{1}{5 y} ?$

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Which three ratios are equivalent to 12 to 9?

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Do $\frac{9}{24}$ and $\frac{15}{40}$ form a proportion?

elbluffz1 2022-01-22

When surveyed, 5 out of every 8 students liked the food in the cafeteria. If 60 liked the food, how many were surveyed?

Danitat6 2022-01-22

A & B share the cost in a ratio of 7:2. A pays £126, how much does B pay?

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The average of 5 numbers is 6. The average of 3 of them is 8. What is the average of the remaining two?

Aubrey Hendricks 2022-01-22

Allison had $55. She spent $\frac{3}{5}$ of it and then saved the rest. How much money did Allison save?

Kaydence Huff 2022-01-22

How do you solve $\frac{5}{4} = \frac{10}{x} ?$

Trace Cline 2022-01-22

Three numbers are in the ratio of $3 : 5 : 7$ . If their sum is 840, what are the 3 numbers?

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How do you simplify each ratio: 50:30?

Since you are looking for a proportions solver for your algebra class or some engineering task, the trick is to explore various proportion examples with answers first as these will help you to answer the most complex challenges and see how things work. As we are dealing with secondary Maths, the majority of presented proportions problems that are shown below are not overly complex. The most important aspect is using the corresponding proportions equation and seeing how to work with ratio rates in practice. Take a look at proportions Math problems, focusing on how they are represented in original instructions.

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