Duplicate of Proportion Word Problems

Question 1

A 3 ft globe casts a 7 ft long shadow. How long is a 6ft woman's shadow?

Accepted Answer

14 feet

Question 2

A 15ft statue casts an 18ft shadow. How long is a 10 ft elephant's shadow standing next to it?

Accepted Answer

12 feet

Question 3

360 visitors ride a roller coaster in 3 hours. At this rate, how many ride it in 7 hours?

Accepted Answer

840 people

Question 4

Find the distance between two cities if they are 2cm apart on a map with a scale of 1cm:9km.

Accepted Answer

18 kilometers

Question 5

A 6ft man standing by a tree casts an 8ft shadow. The tree is 15ft. How long is its shadow?

Accepted Answer

20 feet

Question 6

A model car has a scale of 1cm:2m. The real car is 12m wide. How wide is the model?

Accepted Answer

6 centimeters

Question 7

A 64 in woman has shoulder width of 16 in. How tall is a woman with shoulder width of 18.5 in?

Accepted Answer

74 inches

Question 8

Map scale 1 in: 3 mi. How far apart are two cities that are 4 in apart on the map?

Accepted Answer

12 miles

Question 9

Ann runs 5 mi in 30 min. Sam runs two miles more, at the same rate. How many min does he run?

Accepted Answer

42 minutes

Question 10

Two cities are 9 in. apart on a map with a scale of 1 in:13 mi. How far apart are the cities?

Accepted Answer

117 miles

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