Problem-Solving Applications: Mixed Review
11-16Solve each problem and explain the method you used.
0 1. Mr. Barry teaches a cooking class every Saturday.
The ratio of students to stoves is 4 : 1. There are
5 stoves in the classroom. How many students
are in the class?0 2. What is the ratio of a cup to a pint?0 3. The lessons are paid for at the rate of 4 lessons
for $50. How much does each lesson cost?0 4. Last week, the class prepared granola. The
ratio of rolled oats to raisins was 5 : 2. The
class used 25 cups of rolled oats. How many
cups of raisins did the class use?0 5. Peg added 1 cup of almonds for every 3 cups
of oats in her granola. Mark added 3 cups of
almonds for every 9 cups of oats in his
granola. Did Peg and Mark add the same
ratio of almonds to oats?0 6. If 12 ounces of almonds cost $2, how much
do 18 ounces of almonds cost?0 7. Out of every 100 recipes Mr. Barry teaches,
15 include peanut butter. What percent of
the recipes include peanut butter?0 8. Of all Mr. Barry’s recipes, 90% are healthful.
Write this percent as a decimal.0 9. One student notices that ^15 of the recipes taught can be
classified as side dishes. Of the remaining dishes, one half
are chicken dishes. What percent of the recipes are neither
side nor chicken dishes?- Of the calories in a banana bread, 75% comes from
carbohydrates. What part of the calories does not come
from carbohydrates?
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