Introduction to Ratios
what is the "b" called in ratios?
consequent
If a car travels 150 miles in 3 hours, what is it's average speed in miles per hour?
50 miles per hour.
If 3 oranges cost $1.50, how much would 12 oranges cost?
$6.00
How many inches are in 3 feet?
36 inches
What was Buddha's original name?
Siddhartha Gautama
Read this properly:
"a:b"
"a is to b"
A cyclist can ride 12 miles in 30 minutes. If he maintains the same pace, how far can he ride in 1 hour?
24 miles
A map has a scale of 1 inch to 50 miles. If two cities are 4 inches apart on the map, how far apart are they in reality?
200 miles
If a recipe calls for 2 liters of water, how many milliliters is that?
2,000 milliliters
Plato quote.
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
12:15
What is Notation 1?
What is Notation 2?
N1: 12
N2: 15
A printer can produce 100 pages in 5 minutes. How many pages can it print in 1 hour?
1,200 pages
If a recipe that serves 4 people requires 2 cups of rice, how many cups are needed to serve 10 people?
5 cups of rice.
A car travels 150 kilometers. How many miles did it travel? (Use the conversion 1 km ≈ 0.621 miles.) (round to the nearest tenth)
93.2 miles
Socrates quote.
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filing of a vessel.”
What are ratios?
Ratio, in math, is a term that is used to compare two or more numbers. It is used to indicate how big or small a quantity is when compared to another. In a ratio, two quantities are compared using division. Here the dividend is called the 'antecedent' and the divisor is called the 'consequent’.
A shirt costs $24.99 and a pair of jeans costs $39.99. What is the total cost of both items?
$64.98
A car travels 120 miles in 2 hours. How far would it travel in 5 hours at the same rate?
300 miles
If a length is measured as 4.5 meters, how many centimeters is that?
450 centimeters
Franz Kafka quote.
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
what is the "a" called in ratios?
antecedent
A grocery store sells apples at $1.29 per pound and oranges at $0.89 per pound. If you buy 4 pounds of apples and 3 pounds of oranges, what is the total cost?
$7.83
If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5:7 and there are 28 girls, how many boys are in the class?
20 boys
A tank holds 500 gallons of water. How many quarts does it hold? (Use the conversion 1 gallon = 4 quarts.)
2,000 quarts.
Pronounce "Fyodor Dostoevsky" correctly. Then give me the quote.
Congratulations!
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”