Lesson Worksheet: Proportion Word Problems Mathematics • 7th Grade
In this worksheet, we will practice finding an unknown term in a proportion and solving word problems on proportions involving fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
Q10:
A spinner is divided into equal sections. There are 12 green sections and 10 yellow sections. If Benjamin spins the spinner 88 times, determine which proportion can be used to find the number of times that the spinner can be expected to stop at a green section.
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- B
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- E
Q14:
The shadow of a streetlight is 3 m long and that of a person is 122 cm long at the same moment. Given that the person is 183 cm tall, determine the height of the streetlight.
- A5 m
- B4 m
- C6 m
- D m
Q15:
A sum of money is shared between two people in the ratio . If the first person receives 38 LE, how much money does the other receive?
Q16:
If a given bald eagle flies at an average speed of 30 miles per hour, make a table to show the total distance it can travel in hours in order to find how many miles it can travel in 5 hours.
Q17:
In order to prepare 64 meals, the owner of a restaurant uses 32 kg of meat. How much meat is needed to prepare 8 meals?
Q18:
A piece of wire is cut into 2 parts with lengths in the ratio . Given that the shorter part is 144 cm long, what was the length of the complete piece of wire before it was cut?
Q19:
The given table shows the orders of the first 100 customers in a restaurant. Using this data, predict how many out of 1,900 customers would order fried chicken.
Type of Food | Pizza | Sandwiches | Fried Chicken |
---|---|---|---|
Percent | 52 | 20 | 28 |
Q20:
Jacob traveled using his car. The graph shows the directly proportional relationship between the time he took and the distance he traveled.
Find the distance he traveled after 75 minutes.
Q21:
If the price of 7 shirts is pounds, what is the price of 82 shirts?
- A pounds
- B pounds
- C pounds
- D pounds
- E pounds
Q22:
If , then .
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- B
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- D
- E
Q23:
If , then .
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- D
Q25:
The ratio between two integer numbers is . If 3 is added to the first number and 7 is subtracted from the second number, the ratio between them becomes . Determine the two numbers.
- A,
- B62, 124
- C6, 12
- D,