PROBLEM 1212 Problem Proportional Word Problems PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Problem 1 Shawn Clark ate 4 tadpoles to every frog that Nicole Smith ate. If Shawn ate a total of 48 tadpoles, how many frogs did Nicole eat? 12 frogs

Problem 2 Justin Blair was a great chef. He worked at a fabulous restaurant in Paris. His customers ate snails to snake skins at a ratio of 3 to 7. If they ate 40 snake skins, how many snails did they eat? ≈ 17. 1 snails

Problem 3 Jonathan Knapp became a great golf player. He won 7 games to 4 that he lost. If he won a total of 42 games, how many did he lose? 24 games

Problem 4 Heather Smith stood in the hall and talked 4 minutes out of 6. If Allie Folden talked 14 out of 18, is this equal? No

Problem 5 Cecil Smyre talked 18 times to the 13 times that John Paul talked. If Cecil talked a total of 72 times, how many times did John Paul talk? 52 times

Problem 6 Brandon Mowery had 3 Marilyn Manson C. D’s to 11 Metallica C. D’s. If he had 15 total M. M. C. D’s, how many Met. C. D. ’s did he have? 55 Met. C. D. ’s

Problem 7 Ashley Morgan went to Europe a ratio of 7 times to the 4 times she went to Asia. If she went to Asia 64 times, how many times did she go to Europe? 112 times

Problem 8 A world famous fisherman, Nick Knight, caught bass and blue gill in a ratio of 5 to 4. If he caught 45 blue gill, how many bass did he catch? 56. 25 bass

Problem 9 Ashley Watts fell on a ratio of 4 times to 15 jump shots that she did during a very important basketball game. If she fell 88 times, how many times did she jump? 330 times

Problem 10 Brittney Stepp smacked and hit Bobby Whitaker on a ratio of 6 smacks to 7 hits. If she hit Taylor 47 times, how many smacks did she deliver? ≈ 40. 3 smacks

Problem 11 At Paul Bunyon’s logging camp, the cook scrambled 20 eggs for every 3 loggers. How many eggs did he need for the 288 loggers? 1920 eggs