Proportion Word Problems
This worksheet helps students practice solving real-world proportion word problems, aligning with 6th-grade math standards.
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Proportion Word Problems
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Read each word problem carefully and solve for the unknown value. Show your work.
1. A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 eggs. If you want to use 9 eggs, how many cups of flour do you need?
2. Sarah can read 40 pages in 2 hours. At this rate, how many pages can she read in 5 hours?
3. A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline are needed to travel 450 miles?
10 gallons
12 gallons
15 gallons
20 gallons
4. If 3 apples cost $1.50, then 7 apples would cost .
5. A map has a scale of 1 inch = 20 miles. If two cities are 3.5 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?
6. Look at the balance scale below. If 3 small cubes balance 1 large block, how many small cubes are needed to balance 4 large blocks?
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