Word Problems with proportions
1. A car travels 350 miles on 20 gallons of gas. How many gallons will
be used to travel 875 miles under the same conditions?
2. On a map, 2 in. = 7 mi. If the distance on the map is 5.5 in., what is
the actual distance between the two cities? Round to the nearest mile.
3. A map has a scale of 5 cm = 28 km. If two cities are 14 cm apart on
the map, what is the actual distance between the cities?
4. You want to make a scale model of a parade float. The float is 5.5 ft.
high and 10 ft. long. Your model will be 14 in. long, how tall should the
model be?