Sheet # 807
E. 15 sharks
2. Sam runs 5 laps for every 4 laps that Tom runs. How many laps will Tom have run when Sam runs 20 laps?
E. 10 laps
3. A magazine has 8 pages of news and 12 pages of advertisements. In simplest form, what is the ratio of advertisement pages to news pages?
E. 12 to 8
4. Dry Concrete Mix is made by mixing gravel, sand, and cement in the ratio 5:4:1 by weight. If 16 kg of sand is used, how much gravel will be needed?
E. 10 kg
Use the following information to answer questions number 5 and 6. The school does community service projects in a ratio of 2 visits to the elderly for every 3 litter pick-ups.
5. If there were 6 litter pick-ups last year, how many visits to the elderly were made?
E. 4 visits
6. This year there was a total of 20 community service projects. How many were litter pick-ups?
Use the following information to answer questions number 7, 8, and 9. The School Service Club earned $280 this year in the following ways:
20% from a donut sale
40% from a cookie sale
25% from a car wash
15% from a spaghetti dinner
7. Which activity earned the most money?
E. There is not enough information to tell
8. How much money did the donut sale make?
E. $260
9. How much money did the spaghetti dinner make?
E. $45
10. If 2 quarts of ice cream will feed 11 people, how many quarts will be needed for 33 people?
E. 6 quarts
11. Two gallons of paint will cover 1 room. How many gallons are needed for 8 rooms?
Use the following information to answer questions number 12 and 13.
The ratio of the length of your ring finger to your height is 1:20.
12. How tall is a person whose ring finger is 8 cm long?
13. How long is the ring finger of a person whose height is 135 cm?
E. 675 cm
14. Andre types 225 words in 3 minutes. How long will it take him to type 450 words?
E. 12 minutes
15. Sammy earns $8.25 for 3 hours of babysitting each day. How many days will it be before Sammy earns AT LEAST $13.75?