How to find proportion

Practice Questions

GRE Quantitative Reasoning › How to find proportion

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If an a train is traveling at 8 feet per second, how many feet does it travel in 2 hours?

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16 ounces of lemonade mix makes 2 gallons of lemonade (one gallon is equivalent to 4 quarts).

Quantity A: Amount of mix needed to make 3 quarts of lemonade

Quantity B: 6 ounces of mix

3

Bob can paint a house in 3 hours. If Bob and his friend Ron work together to paint the house, it takes 2 hours. How long would it take Ron to paint the house if he worked alone?

4

Flour, eggs, sugar, and chocolate chips are mixed by weight in the ratio of 12 : 5 : 3 : 5, respectively. How many pounds of chocolate chips are there in 75 pounds of the mixture?

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\frac{x}{y}=\frac{3}{5}

Quantity A:

Quantity B:

6

In a class with students, if are taking Calculus and are taking Chinese, what is the lowest amount of students possible in the class that are taking both Calculus and Chinese?

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If the sum of a, b and c is 400, and a is 1/3 b and b is 1/4 c, what is the value of a?

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Erin went to the movies with her friends. She spent 1/4 of her allowance on movie tickets and 3/5 of the remaining money on popcorn. If her allowance is $10, how much money remains?

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3 men can paint 3 rooms in 3 hours. How long would it take 1 man to paint 1 room?

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You have a rope of some length, but 2/3rds of it is cut off and thrown away. 1/4th of the remaining rope is cut off and thrown away. What proportion of the original rope remains?

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