Ratios and Proportions

Pre-Test

GRADE 7
Instructions:
Today you will take the Ratios and Proportions Pre-test. Read each question carefully and
decide which answer is correct. Using your scan sheet, fill in the bubble that contains the letter
for the answer you choose. Choose the best answer.

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 1. (al, l’a ic
A city cab charges a fare per mile
traveled. The graph shows the fare for the
number of miles traveled.
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Which statement describes the point (1,5)?

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A The unit rate is 5 dollars per each mile. it

B The unit rate is 1 dollar per each 5 miles.

C The unit rate is 5 miles per each dollar.
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2. The ratios 6:8 and 3:4 are equivalent. Which statement

expresses the ratios as a proportion?

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3. A popular fruit juice mixture contains 2 cups of grape

juice for every 3 cups of apple juice. Three students made
fruit juice mixtures of their own. This table shows the
different fruit juice mixtures that the students made.
Fruit Juice Nlitures

lout Sue Mary

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Which student made a fruit juice mixture that was

proportional to the popular fruit juice mixture?

AMary CTom

B Sue D noneofthestudents

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4. Alfred is a carpet installer. The amount of money he
earns varies directly with the number of hours he works.
One week he worked 35 hours and earned $630.00. How
much will Alfred earn if he works a 40-hour week?

A $551.25 C $661.00

B $648.00 D $720.00

5.
A recipe for applesauce calls for cup of honey. The
recipe makes S servings. How many cups of honey are
needed to make 20 servings?

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A cup 1 cups

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B 1-cups D 2cups

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6. This graph shows the
distance traveled by a toy 2 (3 12j
car and the time it took.
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What is the unit rate of the

toy car? C

2 1 6 S II)
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A 1 meter per second C 4 meters per second

B 3 meters per second D 12 meters per second

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 7’. Temperatures were taken after every 10 minutes for 4
experiments.
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Which of the experiments’ temperatures have a proportional

relationship with time?

A Experiment 1 C Experiment 3
B Experiment 2 D Experiment 4

8.
The height of a tower on a scale drawing is 18
centimeters. The scale is 2 cm: 19 m. What is the actual
height of the tower?

A 342m
B 171m
C 684m
D36m

9. The graph shows the relationship between the cost and

the number of uniforms ordered by a sports team.
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Cost of Linforms

Nuntr of unnwms

How much will it cost the team to order S uniforms?

A $20 C $160
B $140 D $180

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 10.
Nina types 126 words in 3 minutes. Which equation
shows the relationship between the number of words, w,
and the time, in minutes, m, that she types?

A w=3m
B w=42m
C w=126m
D w=378m

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12. The Jackson family drove 496 miles in 8 hours. Which is

the unit rate in fraction form?

A 496 miles c 496 miles

1 hour 8 i:curs

B 62 miles D 1 mile
1 hour 496 hours

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 13. Match the proportion with its solution.
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A27 C5
B2 D

14. Which of the following ratios are proportional?

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3’4 9’12

B511
6’2 5’lS

15. A factory worker can package 150 games in 15 minutes.

How many games can he package per minute?

A20
6135
C 8.33
D10

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 16. Harriet paid $349.65 for 7 fruit trees. If each of the trees
cost the same, what is the cost for one tree?

A $58.27
B $49.95
C $41.09
D $49.90

17. If you can type 1080 words in 40 minutes, then how

many words per minute can you type?

A 180 words/mm
B 31 words/mm
C 27 words/mm
D 9 words/mm

18. The ratio of the number of cans to the number of bottles

Lisa took to the recycling center is 4:5.
Which statement describes this relationship?

A For every 4 bottles Lisa took to the recycling center, she took S
cans.
B For every 4 cans Lisa took to the recycling center. she took S
more bottles.
C For every 4 cans Lisa took to the recycling center, she took 5
bottles.
D For every 4 bottles Lisa took to the recycling center, she took 5
more cans.

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 19. Sara downloaded songs from four different online music
stores. The price of each song from a particular store was
the same. This table shows the number of songs Sara
downloaded and the total cost she paid at each store.
Stoic Songs Total Cost
Musw World 6 $7.92
Ilou.se of Mucic 4 S8.28
The Song Shop 7 $8.47
money Tunes 8 $9.92

At which store was the price of a song the least?

A Music World C TheSongShop
B House of Music D Tooney Tunes

20. This table shows the relationship between the cups of

flour used to make muffins.

Cups of Flour 2 3 4
Numberof Muffins 12 18 24

How many muffins can be made with 7 cups of flour?

A 13
B 30
C36
D 42

21. To make a certain shade of purple paint, different parts

of red paint are mixed with different parts of blue paint.
The table below shows this relationship.

What is the ratio of parts red to parts blue?

A 2 parts red to 3 parts blue
B 2 parts red to 5 parts blue
C 3 parts red to 5 parts blue
D 3 parts red to 10 parts blue

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 22. A group decides to go white-water rafting on a river. The map
they have of the river has the scale of 3 inches: 7 miles. On the
map, the distance between the starting point and the end
point of their trip is 15 inches. What is the actual distance?

A 49mi
B 6.43 ml
C 233 mi
D 35mi

23. Mattie and herfriends are bicycling in a forest. This map

shows roads and attractions in the area they will be visiting.
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How far, in miles, will Mattie and herfriends bicycle if they

start at the cabin, go to the tower, and then go to the lake?

AS C15

88 D21

24. Lawrence works as a bicycle salesman and earns a

commission based on the number of bicycles that he
sells. If Lawrence earns $100 for selling 5 bicycles, how
much will he earn if he sells 9 bicycles?

A $20.00
B $45.00
C $180.00
D $500.00

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 25. Which of the following tables represents a
proportional relationship?

A 2 46 C 246
1 2 4 456

B 246 D 2 4.6
357 5 10 15

26. Ten percent of

a number equals 40. What is the number?

A4 C40

B14 D400

27. Forty-eight female students participated in a science fair.

This represents 60% of the total students that
participated. How many total students participated in the
science fair?

A12 C80
B28 D108

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 28. Doug left $3 as a tip on a lunch bill of $14. Which
proportion can be used to find the percent tip Doug left?

C
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14 100 n 100

B D--=
3 100 14 100

29. What is 65% of 400?

A65 C260
B215 D335

30. Anthony wants to leave a 20% tip on $15

a dinner bill.
Using the variable, t, which equation can be used to
calculate a 20% tip on a $15 dinner bill?

A t = (15)(.80) C t = (.15)(.20)
B t=(15)(20) D t=(15)(.20)

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