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Quantitative Literacy
Rates, Ratios, Proportions, and Percents

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Ratios

Problem 1

Write the ratio \(16\) to \(48\) as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Problem 2

Give the ratio \(\dfrac{2}{3}\) to \(\dfrac{4}{9}\) as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Problem 3

Write \(0.08\) to \(0.12\) as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Problem 4

During a game, a basketball player makes \(12\) out of the \(18\) free throws he attempts. Write the ratio of the number of free throws he makes to the number of free throws he attempts as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Problem 5

A solution of alcohol and water contains \(15\) milliliters of water and \(5\) milliliters of alcohol. Find the ratio of alcohol to water, water to alcohol, water to total solution, and alcohol to total solution. Write each ratio as a fraction and reduce to lowest terms.

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Problem 6

Suppose a pizza restaurant advertised the prices shown in the book for their deep dish pizza. Use the information to find the ratio of the cost of the large cheese pizza to the medium cheese pizza.Then change the ratio to a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

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Problem 7

Write the ratio \(1\displaystyle\frac{2}{3}\) to \(3\displaystyle\frac{1}{3}\) as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Problem 8

Mini Lecture
Write each ratio as a fraction in lowest terms:

  1. \(64\) to \(12\)

  2. \(\dfrac{3}{4}\) to \(\dfrac{1}{4}\)

  3. \(2\dfrac{2}{3}\) to \(\dfrac{5}{3}\)

  4. \(2.5\) to \(\dfrac{3}{2}\)

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Rates and Unit Pricing

Problem 1

A train travels \(125\) miles in \(2\) hours. What is the train’s rate in miles per hour?

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Problem 2

A car travels \(90\) miles on \(5\) gallons of gas. Give the ratio of miles to gallon as a rate in miles per gallon.

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Problem 3

A supermarket sells low-fat milk in three different containers at the following prices: \(1\) gallon for \(\$3.58\), \(1/2\) gallon for \(\$1.99\), and \(1\) quart for \(\$1.29\). Give the unit price in dollars per gallon for each one.

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Problem 4

Mini Lecture

  1. Write \(220\) miles in \(4\) hours as a rate in miles per hour.

  2. Six ounces of orange juice costs \(48\) cents. What is the unit price in cents per ounce?

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Proportions

Problem 1

In the proportion \(\dfrac{3}{4}=\dfrac{6}{8}\), name the four terms, the means, and the extremes.

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Problem 2

Verify the fundamental property of proportions for the following proportions.

  1. \(\displaystyle\frac{3}{4}=\displaystyle\frac{6}{8}\)

  2. \(\displaystyle\frac{17}{34}=\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}\)

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Problem 3

Solve for \(x\): \(\displaystyle\frac{2}{3}=\displaystyle\frac{4}{x}\)

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Problem 4

Solve for \(y\): \(\displaystyle\frac{5}{y}=\displaystyle\frac{10}{13}\)

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Problem 5

Solve for \(n\): \(\displaystyle\frac{n}{3}=\displaystyle\frac{0.4}{8}\)

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Problem 6

Solve for \(b\): \(\displaystyle\frac{b}{15}=2\)

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Applications of Proportions

Problem 1

A woman drives \(270\) miles in \(6\) hours. If she continues at the same rate, how far will she travel in \(10\) hours?

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Problem 2

A baseball player gets \(8\) hits in the first \(18\) games of the season. If he continues at the same rate, how many hits will he get in \(45\) games?

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Problem 3

A solution contains \(4\) milliliters of alcohol and \(20\) milliliters of water. If another solution is to have the same ratio of alcohol to water and must contain \(25\) milliliters of water, how much alcohol should it contain?

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Problem 4

The scale on the map indicates that \(1\) inch on the map corresponds to an actual distance of \(85\) miles. Two cities are \(3.5\) inches apart on the map. What is the actual distance between the two cities?

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Percents, Decimals, and Fractions

Problem 1

Write each percent as a fraction with a denominator of \(100\).

  1. \(33\%\)

  2. \(6\%\)

  3. \(160\%\)

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Problem 2

Change \(35.2\%\) to a decimal.

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Problem 3

Write each percent as a decimal.

  1. \(37\%\)

  2. \(68\%\)

  3. \(120\%\)

  4. \(0.8\%\)

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Problem 4

Change \(0.5\%\) to a decimal.

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Problem 5

Write each decimal as a percent.

  1. \(0.27\)

  2. \(4.89\)

  3. \(0.5\)

  4. \(0.09\)

  5. \(3\)

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Problem 6

A softball player has a batting average of \(0.650\). Write this number as a percent.

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Problem 7

Write each percent as a fraction in lowest terms.

  1. \(19\%\)

  2. \(45\%\)

  3. \(36\%\)

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Problem 8

Change \(4.5\%\) to a fraction.

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Problem 9

Change \(32\frac{1}{2}\%\) to a fraction.

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Problem 10

Change \(\dfrac{7}{10}\) to a percent.

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Problem 11

Change \(\dfrac{3}{8}\) to a percent.

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Problem 12

Change \(\dfrac{5}{12}\) to a percent.

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Problem 13

Change \(2\frac{1}{2}\) to a percent.

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Problem 14

Mini Lecture
Change each percent to a decimal.
1. \(23 \%\) 2. \(9 \%\) 3. \(6.34 \%\) 4. \(0.9 \%\)

Change each decimal to a percent.
5. 0.45 6. 0.03 7. 0.6 8. 1.23

Change each percent to a fraction in lowest terms.
9. \(60 \%\) 10. \(4 \%\) 11. \(6 \frac{1}{4} \%\) 12. \(0.75 \%\)

Change each fraction or mixed number to a percent.
13. \(\frac{3}{4}\) 14. \(\frac{4}{5}\) 15. \(\frac{7}{8}\) 16. \(3 \frac{1}{4}\)

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Percent Problems

Problem 1

What number is \(15\%\) of \(63\)?

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Problem 2

What percent of \(42\) is \(21\)?

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Problem 3

\(25\) is \(40\%\) of what number?

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Problem 4

What number is \(43.5\%\) of \(25\)?

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Problem 5

What percent of \(78\) is \(31.9\)?

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Problem 6

The American Dietetic Association recommend eating foods in which the number of calories from fat is less than \(30\%\) of the total number of calories. According to the nutrition label, what percent of the total number of calories are fat calories?

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Problem 7

What number is \(15\%\) of \(63\)? (Use proportions.)

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Problem 8

What percent of \(42\) is \(21\)? (Use proportions.)

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Problem 9

\(25\) is \(40\%\) of what number? (Use proportions.)

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General Applications of Percent

Problem 1

On a \(120\)-question test, a student answered \(96\) correctly. What percent of the problems did the student work correctly?

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Problem 2

How much HCl is in a \(60\)-milliliter bottle that is marked \(80\%\) HCl?

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Problem 3

If \(48\%\) of the students in a certain college are female and there are \(2,400\) female students, what is the total number of students in the college?

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Problem 4

If \(25\%\) of the students in elementary algebra courses receive a grade of A, and there are \(300\) students enrolled in elementary algebra this year, how many students will receive A’s?

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Unit Analysis: Length

Problem 1

Convert \(5\) feet to inches.

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Problem 2

Normal ceiling height is \(8\) feet, convert to yards.

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Problem 3

A football field is \(100\) yards long, convert to inches.

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Problem 4

Convert \(25\) millimeters to meters.

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Problem 5

Convert \(36.5\) centimeters to decimeters.

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Problem 6

A sheep rancher is making lambing pens. Each pen is a rectangle \(6\) feet wide and \(8\) feet long. The fencing material is \(\$1.36\) per foot. If he is planning to build five separate lambing pens, how much will it cost?

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Problem 7

A ski resort in Vermont advertised their new high-speed chair lift as the world’s fastest chair lift with a speed of 1,100 feet per second. Show why the speed cannot be correct.

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Problem 8

Mini Lecture
Make the conversions by multiplying by the appropriate conversion factor. Write the answer as a whole number or mixed numbers.

  1. \(27\) inches to feet

  2. \(2\) yds to feet

  3. \(4.8\) km to meters

  4. New pencils are \(19\) cm long. Convert to meters

  5. A furlong is \(220\) yds, how many feet are in \(12\) furlongs?

  6. Convert \(55\) miles/hour to feet/second

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Converting Between the Two Systems, and Temperature

Problem 1

Convert \(8\) inches to centimeters.

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Problem 2

Convert \(80.5\) kilometers to miles.

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Problem 3

Convert \(3\) liters to pints.

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Problem 4

The engine in a car has a \(2\)-liter displacement. What is the displacement in cubic inches?

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Problem 5

If a person weighs \(125\) pounds, what is their weight in kilograms?

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Problem 6

Convert \(120^\circ\)C to degrees Fahrenheit.

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Problem 7

A man with the flu has a temperature of \(102^\circ\)F. What is his temperature on the Celsius scale?

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Problem 8

Mini Lecture
Convert:

  1. \(4\) meters to feet.

  2. \(2\) liters to quarts.

  3. \(1\) pound to grams.

  4. \(20^\circ\)C to \(^\circ\)F.

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