Vocab
What is a colon? What does it look like?
: Something to compare two numbers
Sasha has 3 pencils and 5 markers. Write using ratio language.
For every 3 pencils, there are 5 markers.
A soup recipe calls for 5 cups of potatoes for every 3 cups of milk. How many cups of potatoes should be used for every 1 cup of milk?
a. 3/5
b. 5/3
c. 5
d. 3
B
What is Mr. Brede's favorite color?
Blue
Ms. Lowinske has 3 apples, 2 bananas and 6 kiwis. What could the ratio 3:2 mean?
3 apples to every 2 bananas
What is a ratio?
A way to compare two numbers
Mr. Brede has 7 red shirts, 4 blue shirts, 2 green shirts, and 9 yellow shirts. Write the ratio of red shirts to the total number of shirts using ratio language.
There are 7 red shirts compared to the total amount of shirts.
Mr. Brede has 7 red shirts, 4 blue shirts, 2 green shirts, and 9 yellow shirts. What is the ratio of red shirts to green shirts?
7:2
What is Mr. Brede's favorite sport?
Baseball
Ms. Lowinske has 3 apples, 2 bananas and 6 kiwis. What could the ratio 5:6 mean?
3 apples and 2 bananas for every 6 kiwis
What is a quantity?
The amount or number of something
Mr. Brede has 12 dogs and 5 goldfish. 3 of the gold fish die... What is the new ratio of goldfish to dogs using ratio language?
There are 2 goldfish for every 12 dogs Mr. Brede has.
Michael mows 10 lawns in 5 days.
What rate is expressed in lawns per day, what is the unit rate?
2
What is Mr. Brede's favorite baseball team?
Brewers
Ms. Lowinske has 3 apples, 2 bananas and 6 kiwis. What could the ratio 6:11 mean?
6 kiwis to the total number of fruit.