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1.4: Unit 1 Review- Ratio, Rate, and Proportion

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    Questions

    1. Write the ratios asked for in the questions. Reduce when needed.
      1. It snowed for two days and was sunny for five days last week. Write a ratio to compare snowy days to sunny days.
      2. The class spends 6 hours a week on math and 8 hours on English. Write the ratio of hours spent on math to English.
      3. One kilogram of pork will make enough sausages for 7 people. Write a ratio to express the amount of pork for sausages to the number of people.
      4. A jam recipe calls for 8 cups of blue berries to 3 cups of sugar. Write a ratio to express the amount of berries to sugar.

       

    2. Write the ratios in lowest terms.
      1. \(14:21\)
      2. \(8:24\)
      3. \(15:150\)
      4. \(9:54\)

       

    3. Write the following ratios as rates.
      1. 16 cups of water to 4 cups of sugar
      2. 150 kilometres to 1.25 hours
      3. 465,000 people to 3,000 square kilometres
      4. $3.99 to 10 pounds of apples

       

    4. Use cross multiplication to solve the proportions.
      1. \(\dfrac{5}{8} = \dfrac{P}{24}\)
      2. \(\dfrac{S}{100} = \dfrac{8}{25}\)
      3. \(\dfrac{4}{N} = \dfrac{8}{40}\)
      4. \(\dfrac{4}{14} = \dfrac{F}{68}\)

       

    5. Use cross multiplication to solve the proportions.
      1. \(\dfrac{2\frac{1}{4}}{5} = \dfrac{A}{30}\)
      2. \(\dfrac{11}{8} = \dfrac{4\frac{1}{8}}{P}\)
      3. \(\dfrac{3\frac{3}{4}}{5} = \dfrac{8}{X}\)
      4. \(\dfrac{2\frac{2}{3}}{3} = \dfrac{A}{16}\)

     

    Answers to Unit 1 Review

      1. \(2:5\)
      2. \(6:8\)
      3. \(1\rm kg: 7 \rm people\)
      4. \(8 \text{cups berries}: 3 \text{cups sugar}\)
      1. \(2:3\)
      2. \(1:3\)
      3. \(1:10\)
      4. \(1:6\)
      1. 4 cups water per cup of sugar
      2. 120 km/hour
      3. 155 people per km2
      4. $0.40 per pound of apples
      1. \(15\)
      2. \(32\)
      3. \(20\)
      4. \(19.43\)
      1. \(13\dfrac{1}{2}\)
      2. \(3\)
      3. \(10\dfrac{2}{3}\)
      4. \(14\dfrac{2}{9}\)

     

    TEST TIME!

    Ask your instructor for the Practice Test for this unit.

    Once you’ve done the Practice Test, you need to do the Unit 1 test.

    Again, ask your instructor for this.

    Good luck!

     

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