proportion scavenger hunt

D

18 students

______________________

Two thousand five hundred flights

took off from the airport in the last

two days. At that rate, how many will

take off in the next week? (7 days)

H

8750 flights

______________________________

There are 60 eggs for every 5 trays in

a shop. Find the ratio of the number

of eggs to the number of trays.

C

12:1

_______________ The height of a eucalyptus tree in a

park is 12 feet. It casts a shadow of 6

feet. A maple tree in the same park

casts a shadow of 2 feet. Find the

height of the maple tree.

G

4 feet

_______________

Andrew bought 8 shirts for

$520. How much would he

need to pay for 10 shirts at

the same rate?

J

$650

_______________ Ed observed that a man 6 feet tall

casts a shadow of 4 feet. At the same

time, the shadow cast by a building is

24 feet. What is the height of the

building?

B

36 feet

_______________ The architect was told that the height

of the hospital building should not

exceed 247 feet. The architect

designed the building on paper using

a scale 2 inches : 19 feet. What

should be the height of the building

on paper?

A

26 inches

_______________ An oil company looked for a feasible

area on a map to construct a gas

station. The length of the land

spotted by them on the map is 9

inches. The scale of the map is

1 inch : 4 feet. What would be the

actual length of the land?

L

36 feet

_______________

A photograph of Chris holding a stick

on his head was taken. The scale of

the photograph is 4 inches : 5 feet.

The height of Chris along with the

stick in the photograph is 8 inches. If

Chris’ height is 4 feet, then find the

actual length of the stick.

I

6 feet

_______________ Side Lengths of

Square Perimeter

2 8

4 16

6 24

X 40

Solve for X using a proportion.

E

10

_______________ Side Lengths of a

Regular Polygon Perimeter

.5 1.5

2 6

8 24

12 36

How many sides on this polygon?

K

3

_______________ Side Lengths of a

Regular Pentagon Perimeter

1 5

2 10

3 15

In the proportion, 2/10 = 3/x, what

number from the chart does x equal?

F

15

_______________ If eleven students dropped out of a

high school within the last three years,

how many will drop out in the next

five years if the rate remains constant?

(Round to the nearest whole

number.)