Ratios & Percentages Proportionately Interesting True or False

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1.	A dozen organic eggs sell for $4.99 while a dozen conventional eggs sell for $3.79. What is the difference in unit cost? -> $0.80 True False
2.	There are three bananas, five apples, and four oranges in a bowl of fruit. What proportion of the fruit are NOT oranges? -> True False
3.	Car A can drive 430 miles on its 10-gallon tank of gas. Car B can drive 468 miles on its 12-gallon tank. Which car has the better gas mileage, and by how much? -> Car B by 11 miles per gallon True False
4.	Solve the proportion: . -> 10 True False
5.	The San Francisco Humane Society has a cat-to-dog ratio of 3:2. If there is a combined total of 250 cats and dogs, how many are dogs? -> 50 True False
6.	You send about two emails for every seven incoming messages. If you receive 329 emails on a particularly busy day, about how many did you send? -> 94 True False
7.	Solve the proportion: . -> 1.9 True False
8.	A gallon of milk costs $5.29 while a half-gallon of milk costs $3.50. In a half-gallon of milk, approximately how much more does each cup cost? (There are 16 cups in a gallon.) -> $0.11 True False
9.	In 1901 Cy Young had a strikeout-to-base-on-balls (walk) ratio of 4:1. If he struck out 160 hitters, how many total strikeouts and walks did Cy Young have in 1901? -> 200 True False
10.	There were 140 boys in a graduating class of 300 students. What is the boy-to-girl ratio? -> 7:8 True False

Ratios & Percentages: Proportionately Interesting True or False