Ratios and Proportions

These are practice problems on ratios and proportions

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Recently, a small college had an enrollment of 1,342 students and a total of 215 faculty. What was the student-faculty ratio for this college? Write your answer as both a mixed number in simplest form and a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

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BASKETBALL In the 2000–2001 season, Shaquille O’Neal made 813 field goals out of 1,422 attempts. What was Shaquille O’Neal’s ratio of successful field goals to attempts? Write your answer as both a fraction in simplest form and a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth.

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