IES Al Lawra. Mathematics 2 ESO Bilingual.

Proportion Problems
1.- Marta needed 75g of sugar to make a 600g cake. How many grams will she need to bake a 1
kg cake?
2.- This morning one euro traded at 1.325 dollars. How many euros would you get for 280
dollars?
3.- Julian goes for a nine kilometre walk. On a strech of road, he counted 120 steps between
two signs placed one hectometre apart. Approximately how many steps will he take in total on
his walk?
4.- Four people who live in the same building must pay a wter bill of 369 euros. The bill is to
be Split proportionately between them, taking into account the area of each of their flats. If
the flats measure 80 square metres, 100 square metres, 120 square metres and 150 square
metres, how much must be paid for each of them?
5.-A 200g piece of cheese cost 2.80 euros. How much will another piece of the same cheese
cost if it weighs 325 grams?
6.- At a second-hand car dealer`s, a three-year-old car sells for 12000euros. If its prices varies
inversely with its age, how much will it worth when it is 10 years old?
7.- Travelling at an average speed of 60 km/h, a lorry took 1h18min to get from town A to B.
How many minutes less will it take on the trip back if it travels at an average of 65 km/h?
8. With its employees working 8 hours shifts a day, a factory produces enough to fill an order
in 15 days. How long would it have taken if each shift had been two hours longer?
9.- 20 cows consume 200 kilos of feed per week. How many kilos of feed do 35 cows consume
in one month?
10.- A farmer harvest 25000 kilos of corn and sells 85% to an animal feed factory. How many
kilos did the feed factory buy?
11.- A certain country has a population of eight million, and a study shows that 2.8% of the
population is diabetic. How many diabetics does the country have?
12. A restaurant manager buys 8 kilos of beef loin and orders that 60% of it be frozen. How
many kilos of beef will be frozen?
13.- During a tournament a basketball player took 275 shots and made 68 % of them were
baskets. How many baskets did he make?
14.- A bag holds 6 white beads and 9 black beads. What percentage of each color does the bag
contain?
15.- A 1 kilo cake contains 150 grams of sugar. What percentage of the cake is sugar?