Ratios in the Media
The longest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle. (diagonal)
What is the Hypotenuse?
The total space taken up by a flat (2-D) surface or shape of an object. (LxW)
What is Area?
The sum of a collection of numbers divided by the amount of numbers in the collection. (average)
What is a Mean?
An amount of money, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction.
What is a Commission?
A 12-digit number used to uniquely identify a product in a retail setting.
What is a Universal Product Code (UPC)?
The ratio of an image’s width to its height, expressed with two numbers separated by a colon.
What is an Aspect Ratio?
The total space taken up by a (3-D) object. (LxWxH)
A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at-bats
What is a Slugging Average?
The total cost of taking a family of four to a sporting event.
What is the Fan Cost Index?
The final digit in a barcode or credit card number is referred to as this.
What is a check digit?
A fundamental relation in geometry between the three sides of a right triangle. (A^2 + B^2 = C^2)
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
It would take roughly this many tennis balls to fill up Mr. Stephenson's classroom.
What is 1 million tennis balls?
A statistic that represents a quarterback’s overall performance.
What is a Quarterback Rating?
A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
What is Inflation?
UPC's for barcodes typically have this many digits.
What is 12 digits?
A mathematical comparison that shows how much of one thing exists compared to another.
What is a ratio?
A method that involves dividing the area occupied by a crowd into sections, determining an average number of people in each section, and multiplying by the number of sections occupied.
What is Jacobs' Method?
A single number or value that best represents a set of data, when each data point is assigned different "weights" or importance.
What is a Weighted Average?
The difference between the final value and the initial value, expressed in the form of a percentage.
What is a Percent Iccrease?
Credit card numbers typically have this many digits.
What is 16 digits?
This many people ran in the first Peachtree Road Race in 1970.
What is 110?
An estimation problem in physics or engineering education that requires approximation of extreme scientific calculations.
What is a Fermi Problem?
Babe Ruth's record slugging average was this.
What is 0.847?
Inflation for 2021 was this much.
What is 7%?