Vocabulary
Equals
Equivalent
$1.89 per gallon of gas
unit rate
Michael drew a scale drawing of a summer camp. The scale of the drawing was 1 millimeter : 4 meters. If the actual width of the sand volleyball court is 8 meters, how wide is the volleyball court in the drawing?
2 millimeters
Joey made a scale drawing of a farm. The goat pen is 2 centimeters wide in the drawing. The actual pen is 6 meters wide. What scale did Joey use?
1 cm=3 meters
the amount of something
Quantitive
a fraction in the numerator, denominator or both
Complex Fraction
1/2 = 2/4
equivalent
Pedro made a scale drawing of the middle school. The scale he used was 1 inch : 4 feet. In the drawing, the gym is 25 inches long. What is the length of the actual gym?
100 feet
Josh measured the auditorium and made a scale drawing. The stage is 8 inches wide in the drawing. The actual stage is 24 feet wide. What scale did Josh use?
1 inch = 3 feet
are 1/6 and 4/25 equal?
no
Rate
a ratio that compares two quantities that have different units of measure
complex fraction
any fraction in the numerator denominator or both
Rick made a scale drawing of a shopping center. He used the scale 1 inch : 7 feet. A bakery in the shopping center is 56 feet long in real life. How long is the bakery in the drawing?
8 inches
A fence is actually 16 feet long. If the fence is drawn as four inches, what is the scale factor?
1 in = 4 ft
Julia texts 60 words in 4 minutes, then she texts 45 words in how many minutes?
3 minutes
unit rate
a rate that has a denominator of 1
ratio (2 ways)
2:3 or 2/3
Sancho drew a scale drawing of a game room. The scale he used was 1 inch : 2 feet. If the actual length of the air hockey table is 10 feet, how long is the air hockey table in the drawing?
5 inches
The model of a camper is 7.5 inches. The actual camper is 30 feet. What is the scale of the camper?
1 in = 4 ft
Solve for x. 3/8 = 15/x
x=40
ratio
comparison of two quantities by division
rate
a ratio with two different units of measure
The shoreline of Great Bear Lake is approximately 2719 km. If a map is drawn with a scale of 3 cm:100 km, how long would the shoreline be on the map?
81.6 km
Todd measured a city park and made a scale drawing. The soccer field, which is 120 meters long in real life, is 20 centimeters long in the drawing. What is the scale of the drawing?
1 cm = 6 meters
Kang drew a scale drawing of a restaurant. The restaurant's kitchen, which is 15 meters wide in real life, is 3 millimeters wide in the drawing. What scale did Kang use?
1 millimeter = 5 meters