John and Bill together have $52. If Bill has 3 times as much money as John, how much money does John have?

How can you tell when x and y are not directly proportional?

You are standing next to a really big circular lake. you want to measure the diameter of the lake, but you don't want to have to swim across with a measuring tape! you decide to walk around the perimeter of the lake and measure its circumference, and find that it's 400\pi\text{ m}400? m. what is the diameter dd of the lake?

Norder to get a certain shade of blue paint, a mixer must have 5 parts white paint to 3 parts blue. if 4 gallons of paint must be mixed, how many gallons of white paint must be used?