Math Group (September-November) Jeopardy

Ratios

100

A ratio ______ two numbers

Compares

200

Three ways to write ratios are...

1. As a fraction (ex. 1/2)

2. Using words (ex. 1 to 2)

3. Using a colon (ex. 1:2)

300

If there are 10 cats and 12 dogs, what is the ratio of dogs to cats?

12:10

400

If there are 16 turkeys, 12 cakes, 8 dinner rolls, and 10 bowls of mashed potatoes....what is the ratio of bowls of mashed potatoes to cakes?

10:12

500

There are 14 boys and 16 girls...

What is the ratio of boys to total people in simplest form?

7:15 

Simplifying Ratios

100

Simplify this ratio

2/4

1/2

200

Simplify this ratio

10/100

1/10

300

Simplify this ratio...

36/81

4:9

400

Simplify this ratio...

300:25

12: 1

500

When we simplify ratios, we use this operation....

Division

Percents

100

Percent means out of _____

100

200

A percent can be written with this symbol

%

300

If there are 100 people at a concert, and 67 are men...what is the percentage of women at the concert?

33%

400

If there are 52 teachers in the building, and 26 of them are female...what is the percentage of male teachers?

50%

500

At the school play, 200 people show up. 82 of them are students. What is the percentage of students at the play?

41%

Unit Rate

100

A unit rate is trying to find the value of __ objects. (A number)

1

200

When I am finding a unit rate, I use this operation...

Division

300

Kylie can hit 12 home-runs in 3 innings. How many does she hit in one inning?

4 run per inning

400

If I buy 25 pencils for $1.25, what is the cost of 1 pencil?

5 cents

500

Britney cycled a total of 10 kilometers by making 5 trips to work. After 9 trips to work, how many kilometers will Britney have cycled in total? Solve using unit rates.

18 kilometers

"BUCKS" Strategy

100

What does BUCKS stand for?

Box the question, underline, circle, knock out info, and solve

200

BUCKS is a ________ strategy

Problem Solving

300

What information would I box in this problem:

If I have 25 birds and 20 dogs, how many more birds are there than dogs?

Box the question ("how many more birds than dogs?)

400

What information should be knocked out in this problem?

If Ms. S is walking down from the 6th grade wing to the 7th grade wing , after picking up papers from the main office, and it takes 5 minutes, how long will it take for her to go back to the 7th grade wing?

Picking up papers from the main office

500

Use the BUCKS strategy on this problem:

If Charlie plays video games for one hour and 30 minutes, and gets to level 3, how long will it take him to get to level 4?

Teacher demonstration :)