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Partitive Proportions
Partitive Proportions
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FLOWERING
FRUIT
1. In an orchard of 1800 trees, there are peach, apple and pear trees
planted in the ratio of 7:3:2. How many trees of each kind are there?
2. Tonya mixed paints in a ratio of 4 parts red to 5 parts blue. She used
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2
3
gal of red paint. Find the total number of gallons of paint and the
5. Jack and Lea shared the driving during a trip across the country. For
every 150 miles that Lea drove, Jack drove 200 miles. If the total
driving distance was 2800 miles, how far did each person drive?
7. Brandon and Marta are mowing a lawn. For every 4 square feet that
Brandon mows, Marta mows 9 square feet. The lawn is 5200 square
feet. How much lawn does each person mow?
8. Jeremy buys moving boxes for his dads company. His dad told him to
buy a total of 288 boxes and to buy 5 medium boxes for every 7 large
boxes. How many of each size box should he buy?
10.
Three friends divided 156 baseball cards among themselves in a
ratio of 4 : 1 : 6. How many cards did each receive?
11.
A toy manufacturer made 1424 stuffed animals. They made
teddy bears, bunnies and dogs in the ratio of 8 : 5 : 3. How many of
each kind of stuffed animal did they make?
12.
The main library purchased 938 new books. They want to
distribute the new books to three of their branch libraries in ratio of 3 :
5 : 6. How many books will be given to each library?
13.
A card store ordered 520 cards. They ordered birthday cards,
anniversary cards and get well cards in the ratio of 6 : 3 : 1. How many
of each card did they order?
14.
At a nursery, there are 1248 flowers. There are roses, orchids,
and carnations in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 6. How many of each kind of
flower are there?
15. In
a local election, 2640 votes were cast for two candidates. Mr. Wayne
received 7 votes for every 4 votes that Mr. Edwards received. How
many votes did each candidate receive?