How to Create a Proportion? (+FREE Worksheet!)

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Step by step guide to creating a proportion

• A proportion contains two equal fractions! A proportion simply means that two fractions are equal.
• To create a proportion, simply find (or create) two equal fractions.

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Create a Proportion, Example 1:

Express ratios as a Proportion and solve.
\(180\) miles on \(9\) gallons of gas, how many miles on \(1\) gallon of gas?

Solution:

First create a propotion: (frac{9}{180}=frac{1}{x}→9 × x=180 × 1⇒ 9x=180)

Divide to find \(?\)\(:x= \frac {180}{9} →x=20\).

Then: \(20\) miles per gallon

Create a Proportion, Example 2:

State if this pair of ratios form a proportion. \(\frac{2}{3}\) and \(\frac{12}{30}\)

Solution:

Use cross multiplication: (frac{2}{3}=frac{12}{30}→2 × 30=12 × 3→60=36), which is not correct. Therefore, this pair of ratios doesn’t form a proportion.

Create a Proportion, Example 3:

Express ratios as a Proportion.
\(120\) miles on \(4\) gallons of gas, how many miles on \(1\) gallon of gas?

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Solution:

First create a proportion: (frac{4}{120}=frac{1}{x}→4 × x=120 × 1 ⇒ 4x=120)

Divide to find \(?\)\(:x= \frac {120}{4} →x=30\).

Then: \(30\) miles per gallon

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Create a Proportion, Example 4:

State if this pair of ratios form a proportion. \(\frac{3}{5}\) and \(\frac{24}{45}\)

Solution:

Use cross multiplication: \(\frac{3}{5}=\frac{24}{45}→3×45=5×24→135=120\), which is not correct. Therefore, this pair of ratios doesn’t form a proportion.

Exercises for Creating a Proportion

Create a Proportion

Create proportion from the given set of numbers.

• \(\color{blue}{1, 6, 2, 3}\)
• \(\color{blue}{12, 144, 1, 12}\)
• \(\color{blue}{16, 4, 8, 2}\)
• \(\color{blue}{9, 5, 27, 15}\)
• \(\color{blue}{7, 10, 60, 42}\)
• \(\color{blue}{8, 7, 24, 21}\)

• \(\color{blue}{1: 3 = 2: 6}\)
• \(\color{blue}{12: 144 = 1: 12}\)
• \(\color{blue}{2: 4 = 8: 16}\)
• \(\color{blue}{5: 15 = 9: 27}\)
• \(\color{blue}{7: 42= 10: 60}\)
• \(\color{blue}{7: 21 = 8: 24}\)

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