Ratios to Percents
Convert 5/100 to a percent.
5%
A soup recipe calls for 3 cups of potatoes for every 2 cups of milk. How many cups of potatoes should be used for every 1 cup of milk?
3/2
Unit rate
What would the unit price be if I could by 5 large candy bars for $10.00
$2.00 per bar
What ratio is equivalent to 1:3?
2:4
2:6
2:8
2:6
Convert the ratio 4:10 to a percent
40%
Scott has 4 red shirts, 5 blue shirts, 2 yellow shirts, and 3 orange shirts.
What could the ratio 5:14 represent?
Daily Double
The Ratio of Blue Shirts to Colored shirts
Comparison between two quantities.
Ratio
What is the unit price per egg if I can by a dozen for $6.00?
$.50 per egg
Write 2 equivalent ratios to to 4:5
Various answers
Convert the ratio 1:5 to a percent.
20%
Sasha mows 8 lawns in 4 days.
When the rate is expressed in lawns per day, what is the unit rate?
2 lawns per day
The process of multiplying or each quantity in a ratio by the same number.
Finding/creating equivalent ratios
Which is a better unit price $6.00 per dozen or 4 for $2.00?
Neither, they both have the same unit rate.
If Mr. Maleik and Ms. Bri had a dance off and Mr. Maleik danced 8 hours and Ms. Bri danced 12 hours, what would the simplified ratio of hours Mr. Maleik danced to hours Ms. Bri danced?
3:2 (must be said in this order)
CONVERT THE : ratio to a percent 3:8
37.5% (or 38% if you round)
Leo tutors student A for 5 hours and earns $130.00. Leo tutors student B at a rate of $5.00 more per hour than his rate for student A. If Leo earns $248.00 for tutoring student B, how many hours does he tutor student B?
Daily Triple
Leo tutors student B for 8 hours
A ratio that compares a number to 100
Percent
A zebra runs 15 miles in 30 minutes. A horse runs 20 miles in 35 minutes. The zebra and the horse run at constant rates. Which animal runs at a slower rate?
The Zebra runs at a slower rate
What is the missing term that will make the ratios equivalent? 2 : 4 = ____ : 32
16
CONVERT TO A percent : 18:30
60%
At a middle school, 40% of the students participate in after-school activities.
If 250 students attend the middle school, how many students participate in after-school activities?
100 students participate in school activities
Julie has songs and photos on her phone. She has 25 songs. This number represents 20% of the total number of songs and photos on Julie's phone. How many photos does Julie have on her phone?
Julie has 100 photos on her phone
12 shirts are sold for 70.80? What is the unit rate in dollars per shirt?
$5.90 per shirt.
I am a world class pizza chef. Every 30 minutes I can make 7 pizzas. How many can I make in 2 and a half hours?
Daily Double
35 pizzas