Practice Proportion Types (2.1) - Chapter 2 : Ratio and Proportion

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Question 1.
What is the ratio of 5 red balls to 2 blue balls?
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Count the number of each type of ball.
Question 2.
If 3 cats catch 6 mice, what is the ratio of cats to mice?
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Divide the cats by the number of mice caught.
3Question 3.
What does a ratio compare?
- Two quantities
- Three quantities
- None of the options
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Think about how two items can be compared in size or number.
4Question 4.
True or False: Direct proportions mean that as one variable increases, the other decreases.
- True
- False
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Recall the definition of direct proportions.
Question 5.
A car travels at a speed that takes 150 minutes to cover 180 km. How long would it take to cover 360 km at the same speed? Use a direct proportion to solve.
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Set up the proportion based on the distances.
Question 6.
If 4 workers can finish a project in 10 days, how many workers are needed to complete the same project in 5 days?
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Think about how workload shares between workers work in inverse proportions.

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