Grade 8 Proportion Word Problems Worksheet
This worksheet provides practice with solving word problems involving proportions for 8th-grade students.
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Proportion Word Problems
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Read each word problem carefully and solve for the unknown value. Show all your work.
1. If 3 apples cost $1.50, how much would 7 apples cost?
2. A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 eggs. If you use 9 eggs, how many cups of flour do you need?
3. A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. At this rate, the car will travel miles in 5 hours.
4. If a baker uses 4 cups of sugar for 6 cakes, then for 9 cakes, they would need cups of sugar.
5. A map has a scale of 1 inch = 20 miles. If two cities are 4.5 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?
80 miles
90 miles
100 miles
110 miles
6. A photographer is enlarging a picture. The original picture is 4 inches wide and 6 inches long. If the enlarged picture is 10 inches wide, what is its length?
12 inches
15 inches
18 inches
20 inches
7. If 5 shirts cost $75, then 10 shirts would cost $150.
True
False
8. A ratio of 1:2 is proportional to a ratio of 3:4.
True
False
9. Sarah is making lemonade. She uses 3 lemons for every 2 cups of water. If she wants to make 10 cups of lemonade (lemons + water), how many lemons and how much water will she need?