Question

. 6. Mrs. Rao was making cookies. She needed 12 dozen. Her recipe, for 3 dozen, called for 4 eggs. Write a proportion and solve it to find how many eggs she needed for 12 dozen cookies.

7. Vikrant's recipe for fruit punch called for 5 parts of water to 2 parts of punch mix. Set up a proportion and find out how much water did he need for 8 cups of punch mix.

8. A dull witted farmer decided to count his sheep by first counting their legs. He counted 456 legs and reasoned that he had 113 sheep. Assuming each sheep had 4 legs, was he correct?
9. The Sarpanch of a village was elected by a vote of 3 to 1. If 5764 votes were cast, how many votes did he receive ?

10. The ratio of the length of a school ground to its width is 5 : 2. Find its length if the width is 40 metres.​

Answer 1

Answer:

6.multiply the 3dozen of cookies and 4 eggs with 4.

so that 12 dozen of cookies need 16 eggs.

10.take the value of 5:2 as 5x+2x=42

7x=42

x=42/7

x=6

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

3 dozen = 4 eggs

3×4= 12. 4×4= 16

12 dozen = 16 eggs