UNIT 08 March

1. In a bag of 200 marbles, 70 are green and the rest are blue. What proportion are
green?

2. Are the following magnitudes proportions? Which kind?

a) The watermellons weight and its price.

b) The heigh of a person and its age.

c) The books price and the number of pages.

d) The number of workers unloding a truck and the time they late.

e) The aplees price and the number of kilos i can buy with the money I have.

3. A couple of kilos of pears cost 1,80 :

a) How much is a kilo?

b) How much are 3 kilos?

4. Solve:
a) A couple ok kilos of potatoes cost 0,80 . How much are 5 kilos?

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b) A kangaroo moves forward 12 meters with 4 jumps. How many meters will
the kangaroo moves with 10 jumps?

c) Three loaves of bread weigh 600 grams. How much two loaves of bread
weight?

d) For renting a bike during 2 hours i have paid 3 . How much should i pay for
renting the bike during 7 hours?

5. Find the value of x:

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6. A piece of cheese of 400 grams cost 4,60 . How much will cost a piece of 320
grams?

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7. Four horses eat a sack of feed in 6 days.

a) How much time will the sack of feed with 8 horses?

b) And with 12 horses?

8. A water tap gives 2 liters per minute and fill up a tank in 15 minutes. How much
will late another water tap that gives 5 liters per minute?

9. Marta walks at 4 km/h and she lates 30 minutes to arrive at home. How much
will late Pedro on a bike at 15 km/h?

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10. In my classroom we are 26 students and there are 8 that have more than a 7 in
Maths. What is the percentage of people bellow 7?

11. A family spends 150 dollars per month for vegetables when the cost of
vegetables is 5 dollars per kg. How much amount must the family spend per
month, if the cost of vegetables goes up to 5.75 dollars per kg?

12. In a camp, there is food for 5 weeks for 1,200 people. If 400 more people joined
the camp, for how many weeks will the food last?

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