Ratio
Solving Proportions
Rate/unit rate
Problem Solving
Vocabulary
100

4:12

1:3 or 1/3

100

Solve for a:  a/6 = 6/9

a=4

100

What is it called when you determine the price of one unit

Unit Rate

100

You can buy a Mathematics book for $400. How many can you buy for $1200? Give the proportion and answer the question.

1:400 = n:1200

n=3

100

When we don't know the value of something we use this to represent it

Variable

200

The equality between two ratios.

Proportion

200

Are these fractions a proportion? 3/14, 9/42

Hint: remember to use the test for proportions...check your notes!

Yes

200

Brenda can deliver 644 newspapers in 7 hours. How many newspapers can Brenda deliver in 9 hours?

828 newspapers in 9 hours

200

If you spend 3 hours each day using your mobile phone, how many hours would you spend using your phone in 15 days? Give the proportion and answer the question

3:1 = n:15

n=45

200

It is the comparison between two or more quantities.

ratio

300

Show three ways to write the ratio three to four

3:4

3/4

3 to 4

300

Solve for t:  t/2 = 9/6

t=3

300

Charles can type 675 words in 9 minutes. How many words can Charles type in 13 minutes?

975 wording in 13 minutes

300

Suppose that 20 men can build a house in 6 days. If the number of men 10, how long would it take for them to build the house?

12 days

300

In the equation 2x + 3 - 7x +6, name the like terms

2x, -7x

3,6

400

Are the ratios equivalent? 3 paintings to 16 photographs 6 paintings to 32 photographs

Yes

400

Solve for q:  3:5=q:10

q=6

400

Luke can paint 91 portraits in 7 weeks. How many portraits can Luke paint in 4 weeks?

52 portraits in 4 weeks

400

A car uses 5 liters of gasoline for a distance of 110 km. At this rate, how many liters of gasoline will the car consume for a distance of 165 km.

7.5 liters of gasoline

400

in 3, 3 is called the ________ and 2 is the ________

base

exponent

500

Write as a ratio: 42 pairs of hi-tops out of 56 pairs of sneakers? Simplify

3:4

500

7/p= 8/9

p=7.875

500

At the market, 8 batteries cost $10. How much do 6 batteries cost? Explain.

 $7.50  for 6 batteries

500

Name all the people in this class who scored baskets at yesterday's staff/student basketball game

Sam

Sheila

Jacob

500

Two ratios that are equal

Proportion
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