WORKSHOP: RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS AND RULE OF THREE

Presented by
Luz Karime Díaz Góngora ID: 805588

University Corporation God's Minute

Mathematics Fundamentals
BOGOTA 08/07/2021
 UNIMIMUTO
Faculty of Business
Math Fundamentals

Activity 2
WORKSHOP: RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS AND RULE OF THREE

Below, you will find 10 problem situations, which you must solve by applying the concepts
of ratios and proportions and the rule of three.

1. Ana María works in the tile trade, and her warehouse offers different types of
2
veneers, but the best seller last month is the stone finish, which is on sale: 50 m
for $350,000. Today, a client requested 340 m 2 of this type of tile. How much
should Ana María charge?

Answer:

Ana María must collect $2,380,000.

Explanation:

5/340 = 350,000/x

X= 2,380,000

2. To prepare 3,200 empanadas, 40 kg of potatoes, 60 kg of meat and 50 kg of rice

are needed. If there is a massive event next week where 1,600 people will attend
and each of them will be given 3 empanadas, how many kilograms of potatoes will
be needed?

Answer:

60 kg of potatoes are needed.

Explanation:

1600 x 3 = 4800 pie in total

3200 4800 40 kg∗4800 192000 kg

= =x =¿
40 kg x 3200∗x 3200

x=¿ 60kg

3. To build a swimming pool, Pedro and Juan will spend 36 days; The project
manager demands that this work be done in a shorter time, and for this, two more
workers and two more assistants are requested. How many days will the entire
team take to build the pool?
 Answer

The entire team will spend 12 days building the pool.

Explanation:

2 36 2∗36 72
= =x =¿
6 x 6∗x 6

X=12 days

4. A liquor distilling plant has different filters, and one of these pours 20 liters per
minute and takes 3 hours to fill a tank and the most used filter pours 30 liters per
minute, how much time will the latter take to fill the same tank?

Answer:

The latter will take 2 hours to fill the same tank.

Explanation:

20 3 20∗3 60
= =x =¿
30 x 30∗x 30

X=2hr

5. There are 20 pastry chefs working in a pastry shop, who work 8 hours a day and
produce 320 pastries. How many hours will it take 26 bakers to produce 520
cakes?

Answer:

To produce 520 cakes with 26 bakers it will take 10 hours.

Explanation:

520
=16
20

520
=20
26
16 8 20∗8 160
= =x =x=10 hr
20 x 16∗x 16

6. If the price of 50 educational internet chips is $363,000, what is the price of 220 chips?

Answer:

The price of 22nd chips is $1,597,200

 Explanation:

50 363000 220∗363000 7980000

= =x =x =1597200$
220 x 50∗x 50

7. 16 workers work 9 hours a day for 30 days and build 12 km of road. How many
days will it take 18 workers working for 15 hours a day to build 15 km of road?

Answer:

To build 15 km of road for 15 hours a day with 18 workers working will take 20
days.

Explanation:

Worker hours days km

16 9 30 12
18 15x15

( 16∗9 )∗(30∗15) (144∗450) 64800

= x= =x=20 dias
(18∗15)∗(12∗x ) (27∗x ) 3240

8. 24 workers working 16 hours a day have built a house in 520 days. How many
workers are needed to build the same house in 480 days, working 8 hours a day?

Answer:

In 8 hours a day, 52 workers will be needed to build the same house in 480 days.

Explanation:

16 520 16∗520 8320 24 3284∗24 199680

= = = =x =¿
8 480 8∗480 3840 x 3840∗x 3840

X= 52

9. 10 3-liter soda containers each weigh 3.5 kilos, how much do 18 4-liter containers
weigh?

Answer:

18 containers of 4 ready weigh 8.4 kilos.

Explanation:
 10 3
=
18 4

30 3.5 72∗3.5 252

= = =X =8.4
72 X 30∗X 30

10. The budget is made for snacks for the students of the university's sports groups,
counting on 70 students who consume approximately 500 kg of food during the 20
days they attend the university. If the 50 students of the dance group are added, for
how many days will there be 900 kg of food?

Answer:

900 kg of food will last 6.4 days.

Explanation:

70 500
120 900

35000 20 35000∗20 700000

= = =x=6.4 days
10800 x 108000∗x 108000