REVIEW ON PROPORTIONALITY AND PERCENTAGE

Name:_______________________________________________
1. Calculate the rate of the numbers 45 and 9
2. Calculate the value of the unknown number in the following proportions:
a.

10 12

3
x

b.

35
2

a 3 10

3. Do the following numbers form a proportion: (5, 15, 6 and 12)?

4. Indicate if the following magnitudes are directly proportional or not. Give reasons.
a.
b.
c.
d.

A persons shoe size and age.

The weight of a fuel tank and the amount of litres it contains.
The number of painters and the time they take to paint a building.
Write you own example of two magnitudes that are directly proportional.

5. Fill in the following table which shows how two directly proportional magnitudes are related.
Calculate the constant of proportionality.
Magnitud
A
Magnitud
B

0,5

9
1,5

6. Marcial has seen in a store that 9 videogames cost 48.50. If he has 24, how many video games will
he able to buy? How much will 14 videogames cost?
7. Solve the following:
a) 0,23

100

b) The

rate

4
5

is equivalent to

%.

c) 25%

= 0,

8. Weve found two offers for the same product in two different markets. The first offer said: 7 books
for 19.60, and the second one: 9 books for 28.80, and you got 2 free books. Which is the best
buy?
9. A cyclist has covered 20 km out of a 150 km race. Which is the percentage of the kilometers that
they are left to cover?
10. A muffin contains 25 grams of flour, which makes up 40% of its total weight. How much will a
dozen muffins weigh?
11. We want to buy a pair of trousers that are on sale and have 20% off them. If the pair of trousers costs
34, how much will we pay in the end?
12. A jacket which costs 45 has a 30% sale. If the jacket have a second 20% sale, which is the total sale
discount they have applied to the original price?

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