Ratio Problems( Week 27 Evaluation) 1. Nancy has a certain number of marbles. She gives one-half of them to Susan and then 16 to Mary. She then gives one-third of her remaining marbles plus 16 to Julia and is left with no marbles. How many marbles did Nancy have at the beginning? 2. A gift bag costs $20 in store A and the same gift bag is on sale in store B for $16. How many gift bags can be bought in store B with the amount of money needed to buy 8 same gift bags in store A? 3. What part of a day elapsed from 8:20 A.M. to 2:20 P.M. of the same day? 4. One cubic foot of a certain material weighs 19 pounds and costs $86.40 per pound. A cubic foot equals to 1728 cubic inches. At the same rate, what is the cost of 784 cubic inches of the same material? 5. If of a number is 21, what is of the number? 6. Nick had a total of d dollars. He lent of his money to a friend and then spent of the money that he had left for books. In the end, how many dollars did Nick still have at hand in terms of d? 7. If of of a number is 21, what is of the same number? 8. After a number is increased by of its value, the result is 28. What is the number? 9. In a certain solution of water and alcohol, the ratio by volume of the amount of water to the amount of alcohol is 7 to 6. If the volume of the alcohol is 126 cubic inches, what is the volume of the water (in cubic inches)? |