Proportion & Ratio Problems( Week 24 Practice) 2. Jackson planted 10 tulip bulbs and 15 rose bulbs. Half of the tulip bulbs and one third of the rose bulbs died in a week. The rest bulbs bloomed. How many bulbs did bloom? 3. Ed takes 5 steps to walk the same distance that his father walks in 4 steps. Suppose one step of his father covers 2 feet. How many feet will Ed cover in 30 steps? 4. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 17:16. If there are 429 children in the school, how many are boys? 5. A tank full with water weighs 14.9 kilograms. When half of the water in the tank is poured out,the tank and the remaining water weighs 8.6 kilograms. How much does the tank weigh in kilograms? |