Thursday, June 9, 2011

Problem Solving Strategies-proportion, ratio

1, chapter-coundown-3-2007(22)-ratio
The ratio of butter:flour:sugar in a recipe is 1:6:4.  When using 8 cups of sugar in this 
recipe, how many total cups of these three ingredients will be used?

2, school-coundown-25-2008(96.8)-rate
If 60 miles per hour is 88 feet per second, how many feet per second is 66 miles per hour?  Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.


3, school-coundown-35-2008(10)-proportion
If 5 lunks can be traded for 3 kunks, and 2 kunks will buy 4 apples.  How many lunks are needed to purchase one dozen apples?


4, school-coundown-54-2008(7/12)-ratio
Points A, B, C and D lie on a line, in the order. If AB=2 units, BC=5units and AD=14 units, what is the ratio of AC to BD?  Express your answer as a common fraction

More Study:
Ratio and proportion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/ratioandproportion/ratio/index.shtml

Ratio and Proportion

Special topics: Ratios and Proportion

direct proportion and inverse proportion

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