1. Katie makes bows for holidays. She orders red and blue ribbon in the ratio of 7 yards to 5 yards. If she bought a total of 636 yards, what percentage of the ribbon was red?

2. Mr. Gardner buys 20% more baseballs each year than he does softballs. This year he bought 176 balls. How many
baseballs and how many softballs did he purchase?

3. The Glenhaven Middle School purchased new mathematics books for grade six and grade seven. The principal ordered
35% more grade six books than grade seven books. If she bought a total of 470 mathematics books, how many were for
grade six and how many were for grade seven?

4. The Quincy Scholarship Fund sold tickets to its annual town barbecue. Last year, the group sold a total of 1,530 tickets in
the ratio of 4 adult tickets for every 5 child tickets. This year, the group sold 20% more child tickets. How many child tickets
did the group sell this year?
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