The distance between Carson and Miller is 260 miles and is represented by four inches on a map. The distance between Carson and Davis is 104 miles.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The distance between Carson and Davis on the map

(b)

The distance between Vandalia and Clark is 250 miles and is represented by six inches on a map. The distance between Vandalia and Ferrell is represented by three and three-fifths inches on a map.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The actual distance between Vandalia and Ferrell

(b) 150 miles

A given recipe calls for cups of butter for every cup of flower and cups of sugar. If you wish to triple the recipe, how many total cups of ingredients will you need?

Isidore could buy equally-sized blocks of cheese for . How many could he buy for ?

A witch's brew contains newt eyes for every lizard tongues. If Aurelia the witch used newt eyes in her recipe, how many lizard tongues did she need to use?

Which is the greater quantity?

(a)

(b)

Refer to the above diagram. How many squares should be shaded in if it is desired that the fraction of the squares that are shaded in should be equivalent to the fraction of the circles that are shaded in?

Jay has a shelf of books, of which 60% are hardback. The rest are paperback. If 12 are hardback, how many paperbacks are there?

A witch's brew contains newt eyes for every lizard tongues. If Aurelia the witch used newt eyes in her recipe, how many lizard tongues did she need to use?