Name: ___________________________

Date: ___________________________

EXTENDED PRACTICE
SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS
1. Find the missing value to make each pair of ratios equivalent.
7
a. 6:9 = x:54 b. 13
= 35
x

c. 36
24
= 6x d. 8 shirts to 3 skirts and x shirts to 15 skirts.

2. A bowl of fruit has a 6:2 banana to pear ratio. Write an equation and find the missing quantity for each
situation.
a. How many bananas are there if there are 8 pears?

b. How many pears are there if there are 12 bananas?

c. How many pears are there if there are 3 bananas?

3. For $72, you bought 48 cups of peanuts. Write and solve an equation to solve each ratio problem.
a. How many cups of peanuts can you buy for $12?

b. How much does 12 cups of peanuts cost?

c. How many cups of peanuts can you buy for $4.50?

4. Use cross-multiplication to find each unknown quantity.

4
a. 5
= 20
x
b. 8:5 = x:15

c. 18
27
= 3x d. 28:20 = 7:x

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