OBJECTIVES COMPARING & SCALING UNIT TEST

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

Write a ratio in simplest form.
Recognize ratios as a part-to-part comparison.
Recognize fractions as a part-to-whole comparison.
Recognize percents as a part-to-whole(100) comparison.
Change ratios to fractions or percents.
Use the unit price to calculate the cost of a given number of items.
Determine how many items can be purchased with a given dollar amount.
Calculate a variety of unit rates.
Determine the best buy.
Find the missing value of x that will make a proportion true.
Set up and solve proportions from word problems.

VOCABULARY:
ratio rate unit rate unit price proportion









OBJECTIVES COMPARING & SCALING UNIT TEST

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
Write a ratio in simplest form.
Recognize ratios as a part-to-part comparison.
Recognize fractions as a part-to-whole comparison.
Recognize percents as a part-to-whole(100) comparison.
Change ratios to fractions or percents.
Use the unit price to calculate the cost of a given number of items.
Determine how many items can be purchased with a given dollar amount.
Calculate a variety of unit rates.
Determine the best buy.
Find the missing value of x that will make a proportion true.
Set up and solve proportions from word problems.

VOCABULARY:
ratio rate unit rate unit price proportion







Unit Test Review Packet- Comparing & Scaling Name:_______________________________

Find the value of x that will make each proportion true. Show your work.
1)
4
3
14

x
2)
x
3 . 3
5
2
3)
7 84
72 x




4) It takes 195 maple trees to make 30 gallons of maple syrup.

a. How many maples trees it takes to get 1 gallon of syrup?




b. How much syrup can you get from one maple tree?




5) A commercial airplane travels 135 miles in 15 minutes.

a. What is the speed for the airplane in miles per minute?




b. What is the speed for the airplane in miles per hour?




c. How far does the airplane travel in 45 minutes?






6) Katie bought a new aquarium in which she placed 15 new fish. Three of the fish were yellow and the rest were
black.
a. What is the ratio of yellow fish to number of black fish in the aquarium?


b. What percent of the fish in Katies aquarium are yellow fish?


c. How many more fish in the aquarium are black than yellow?


d. What fraction of the fish in Katies aquarium are black?






A sign at the arcade shows prices of the video game tokens.



7) Find the unit price for each token. Show your work. Label the units.

GOLD








SILVER BRONZE

8) Which token color is the best buy?

9) How much would 30 gold tokens cost? Show your
work. Label the units.
10) Set up and solve a proportion to show how many
silver tokens you could buy for $24. Show your
work. Label the units.







11) Sarah makes $360.00 in four weeks at her job. Setting up a proportion for (a) and (c) can be very helpful.

a. At that rate, how much does she make in a 52-week year?





b. Sarah works 12 hours per week. How much does she make per hour?






c. Sarah is saving to buy a used bike that will cost $490.00. How many full weeks
will she have to work to save enough money to buy the bike?





GOLD Tokens: 50 tokens for $22.50

SILVER Tokens: 20 tokens for $11.00

BRONZE Tokens: 5 tokens for $3.50

12) The ratio of peaches to blueberries in a fruit drink is 9 to 6. What percent of the drink comes from blueberries?





For #13-15, Use unit prices to find which deal is the better buy.

13) Soda: $2.40 for a six-pack or $1.00 for two.




14) Discs Golf Frisbees: $39.00 for three or $60.00 for five.




15.) Pair of shorts: 3 pairs for $36.00 or 4 pairs for $46.00?




Use proportions to solve each problem. Show your work. Label the units.

16) Two out of five people pick blue as their favorite color. In a group of 75 people, how many people would choose
blue as their favorite color?






17) A bakery advertises 8 doughnuts for $2.80. How much would it cost to buy 26 doughnuts?






18) An Amtrak train can travel 336 miles in 6 hours. At that rate, how many miles can the train travel in 4 hours?






19) Tim can type 288 words in 4 minutes. How many words can he type in 22 minutes?