Proportions Practice Worksheet
A Grade 6 math worksheet focusing on understanding and solving proportions, including identifying equivalent ratios and solving for unknown values.
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Proportions Practice
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where necessary.
1. Which of the following ratios is proportional to 2:3?
4:9
6:9
3:2
8:15
2. If 5 apples cost $2.50, how much would 10 apples cost?
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00
$7.50
3. A proportion is a statement that two ratios are .
4. To solve for an unknown in a proportion, you can use multiplication.
5. Solve for x in the proportion: 3/4 = x/12
6. A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. If you use 6 cups of flour, how much sugar do you need?
7. The ratio 1:5 is proportional to 2:10.
True
False
8. If two ratios are proportional, their cross products are equal.
True
False
9. The image below shows a balance scale. If the left side has 3 blocks and the right side has 9 blocks, what is the ratio of blocks on the left to blocks on the right? If you add 1 block to the left, how many blocks must you add to the right to keep the scale balanced proportionally?
