Kriston grid
proportion word problems
1. carol spends 17 hours in a 2-week period practicing her culinary skills. he
practice in 5 weeks?
many hours does she
ay words per 30 minutes is
2. in the typing world, 80 words per minute is considered acceptable. how many words per 30
this?
240 w
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in the year 2000, there were 8.7 deaths per 1000 residents in the united states. if there were 281,421,90
residents in the u. s. during 2000, how many people died that year?
4. in a shipment of 400 parts, 14 are found to be defective. how many defective parts should be expected in
a shipment of 1000?
5. joseph drives 125 miles in 2 - hours. at the same rate, how far will he be able to travel in 6 hours?
6. a piece of cable 8.5 cm long weighs 52 grams. what will a 10-cm length of the same cable weigh?
7. a rainstorm produced a rainfall of 2 inches per hour. how many hours would it take to get a rainfall
amount of one foot?
8. a snowstorm dumped 18 inches of snow in a 12-hour period. how many inches were falling per hour?
9. mary can read 22 pages in 30 minutes. how long would it take her to read a 100 page book? write your
answer in hours and minutes and round to the nearest minute, if needed.
10. it takes about me 25 minutes to make out a test for a mathematics class. how long will it take to make
out tests for all five of my classes?