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PROPORTION PROBLEMS 1) Calculate reducing units: a) An open tap can pour 20 liters of water in 5 minutes. How many gallons can be collected in 9 minutes? b) Eight people have picked all the oranges from an orchard in 5 days. How many days would it have taken for 10 people? c) If the prize of 10 pieces of gum is 2, how many pieces of gum can we purchase with 0,8? d) A textile factory manufactures the garments for an order in three days, running the machinery 6 hours a day. How long would it take if the machines worked 9 hours a day? 2) A child exchanges marbles for stickers. If he offers 3 marbles in exchange for 5 cards, how many stickers will he receive for 12 marbles? 3) When we clean 10 kilos of squid we end up with 8 kilos. How many kilos of squid do we need to buy in order to obtain 2 kilos aftre cleaning them? 4) To cook a plate of macaroni with tomato sauce we need 750 grams of pasta and 180 grams of tomato sauce for 6 people. How many grams of tomato sauce would be required for 10 people? How many grams of pasta would be required? 5) A truck makes a journey in 8 hours traveling at an average speed of 75 km per hour. How long will it make the same journey at 80 kilometers per hour? 6) A tap pouring 3 litres per minute fills a drum in 4 minutes. How long does it take to fill the same container with a tap pouring an extra litre of water per minute? 7) For three and a half kilos of peaches we have paid 6.65 . How much do five kilos cost? How many kilos could you obtain for 5 and 70 cents? 8) The 30 hens in a farmyard consume all the feed stored in 40 days. How many days will that amount of feed last if the farmer buys 10 extra hens? 9) To make a dessert for 4 people we have to use half a kilo of flour, 200 grams of sugar, 2 eggs and 1.5 litres of milk. Indicate the necessary amounts for 6 people. 10) If 5 bottling machines get 25,000 bottles ready in 2 days: a) How many days will 3 bottling machines take to make 30000 bottles? b) How many bottling machines must operate for 4 days to prepare 60,000 bottles? c) How many bottles are prepared in a day with 4 bottling machines? 11) Tiling the floor of a room whose measurements are 4 meters by 3 meters costs 624 . How much would it cost if the measurements of the room were 4.5 meters by 2.6 meters?
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