Proportions Explained: Practice Problems and Examples

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Ratios, rates, proportions

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Kiribatiyo2 2022-02-12

How do you find the fractional notation for the ratio of 490 to 413?

Cassidy Johnson 2022-02-12

Alexis is making cookies. The recipe says that she has to mix 192 grams of sugar into the flour .Alexis knows that 1 cup of this particular sugar has a mass of 128 grams.How many cups does she needs ?

realenishb0 2022-02-12

What is the ratio of 80 m to 0.86 km?

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How do you write the ratios $\frac{1}{2} : \frac{1}{5}$ in simplest form?

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How do you divide $95 in a ratio of $2 : 3$ ?

Jayson Hebert 2022-02-11

Arnold can do 65 pushups in 5 minutes. How many pushups can he do in 1 minute?

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How do you simplify the ratio 35 to 55?

Zain Padilla 2022-02-11

How do you know if the ratios $\frac{4}{2}$ and $\frac{20}{6}$ forms a proportion?

Layne Massey 2022-02-11

The areas of the two watch faces have a ratio of $16 : 25$ . What is the ratio of the radius of the smaller watch face to the radius of the larger watch face? What is the radius of the larger watch face?

Jennifer Beasley 2022-02-11

Julie bought 32 kiwi fruit for $16. How many kiwi can Lisa buy if she has $5?

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One afternoon, Dave cast a 5-foot shadow. At the same time, his house cast a 20-foot shadow. If Dave is 5 feet 9 inches tall, how tall is his house?

Ben Mcdonald 2022-02-11

The Community Council is replanting six flower boxes downtown. Each flower box holds 32 petunias. If petunias come in packs of 8, how many packs will be needed?

Cherish Sellers 2022-02-11

What must n be if the ratio $6 : 7$ is equivalent to $36 : n$ ?

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How do you simplify the ratio. 28.8 to 44.8?

Miracle Graves 2022-02-11

Leisurely swimming burns around 350 calories an hour. About how many minutes will it take to burn 150 calories through leisurely swimming?

Sage Rodgers 2022-02-11

Roger is planning a picnic, He will invite two times as many boys as girls. If he invites 18 people, how many boys and how many girls will get invitations?

Cierra Woodard 2022-02-11

How many years are there in 1.4 billion seconds?

dohtarjev510 2022-02-11

How is ratio used in everyday life?

Heath Gilmore 2022-02-11

You are running $\frac{1}{10}$ mile sprints in gym class this week. How many miles will you run if you complete 3 sprints?

ku3sump8 2022-02-11

How do you simplify ratios?
Simplify $70 : 56$

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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