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Ratio and Proportion: Simple Ratios (1) Practice Problems

1.) A cyclist is planning a road trip and wants to adjust his new bicycle's seat height
based on his old bicycle. The height of the seat from the pedal in his old bicycle is
34 inches when the length of the bicycle is 68 inches. If the length of the new
bicycle is 74 inches, what should be the seat height from the pedal in the new
bicycle?

37

2.) A baker is scaling down a recipe for a cake. The original recipe requires 3 cups of
flour for a 9-inch cake pan. If she wants to use a 6-inch cake pan instead, how
many cups of flour should she use?

A landscaper is designing a garden. He has a photograph of a garden with a

3.)
fountain that is 8 feet tall and a tree that is 40 feet tall. If he wants to include a 5-
foot-tall fountain in his design, how tall should he plan for the tree to be to maintain
the same proportion?

25

4.) In a classroom, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:4. If there are 24 boys, how many girls
are in the classroom?

32

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5.) A charity fundraiser brings in $50 for every 10 tickets sold. If the organization sold
70 tickets, how much money did they raise?

350

A chef uses 3 cloves of garlic for every 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a sauce. If he uses
6.)
9 cloves of garlic, how many tablespoons of olive oil will he need?

A filmmaker is using a drone to replicate a scene from an old movie. In the old
7.)
movie, a helicopter flew at 300 feet to capture a certain shot of a 600 feet tall
building. If the building in the new location is 800 feet tall, at what height should the
filmmaker fly his drone to capture a similar shot?

400

An architect is drawing blueprints for a house. In her drawings, a 15-foot wall is

8.) represented as 5 inches. If a certain room in the house is 12 feet wide, how wide
should it be in the architect's drawings?

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