Basic Mathematics for College Students

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484 Chapter 5 Summary and Review



  1. Write each statement as a proportion.
    a. 20 is to 30 as 2 is to 3.
    b. 6 buses replace 100 cars as 36 buses replace
    600 cars.

  2. Complete the cross products.


Determine whether each proportion is true or false by
simplifying.









Determine whether each proportion is true or false by finding
cross products.















Determine whether the numbers are proportional.


  1. 5, 9 and 20, 36 34. 7, 13 and 29, 54


Solve each proportion.



























x
300




5,000


1,500


2


3


1


2





x
0.25

4


5


1


1


20





2


2


3


x

1


9


11


x




3


1


3


2


3


4


0.08


x




0.04


0.06


4.8


6.6





x
9.9

4


x




2


8


12


18





3


x

1

1
2

3
1
3



1
4

1
1
7

3.5


9.3





1.2


3


17


7





51


21


9


27





2


6


4


18





10


45


8


12





3


7


2


9





6


27


 27  9  



  1. TRUCKS A Dodge Ram pickup truck can go
    35 miles on 2 gallons of gas. How far can it go
    on 11 gallons?

  2. QUALITY CONTROL In a manufacturing
    process, 12 parts out of 66 were found to be
    defective. How many defective parts will be
    expected in a run of 1,650 parts?

  3. SCALE DRAWINGS The illustration below
    shows an architect’s drawing of a kitchen using a
    scale of inch to 1 foot. On the drawing,
    the length of the kitchen is inches. How long
    is the actual kitchen? (The symbol means inch
    and means foot.)

  4. DOGS The American Kennel Club website gives
    the ideal length to height proportionsfor a German
    Shepherd as. What is the ideal length of a
    German Shepherd that is inches high at the
    shoulder?


Height

Length

(^25 12)


10 : 8 12


ELEVATION B-B
SCALE: 1 "– 8 to 1'0"







(^112)


81 118 ^ ^1 ^0 ^2


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