proportion scavenger hunt
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D
18 students
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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
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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
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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
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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.)