State Your Comparison
Pro-What? Proportion!
Best Buy?
Word to Your Problems
2-4-6-8 Got to Find that Unit Rate
100
Out of 150 video game players, 40 preferred Nintendo 64, 50 preferred Playstation 3 and 60 preferred X-Box. Write a comparison statement using a ratio.
Many possible answers!
100
Solve for m. 3/5=9/m
m=15
100
4 pens for $3.50 OR 12 pens for $9.00
12 pens for $9.00
100
Bob bought 5 apples for $10.00. How many apples can he buy for $50.00?
25 apples
100
Find the unit rate (how much for 1 book?) $30 for 6 books
$5 per 1 book
200
Out of 150 video game players, 40 preferred Nintendo 64, 50 preferred Playstation 3 and 60 preferred X-Box. What fraction of people preferred X-Box?
60/150 OR 2/5 (must be Part to Whole)
200
What is a proportion?
many possible answers
200
6 boxes of pasta for $18 OR 2 boxes of pasta for $5.50
2 boxes of pasta for $5.50
200
Sandra bikes 9 miles in 3 hours. How many does she bike in 1 hour?
3 miles
200
Find the unit rate: (how many pages per 1 hour?) Kevin reads 80 pages in 2 hours.
40 pages in 1 hour.
300
Out of 150 video game players, 40 preferred Nintendo 64, 50 preferred Playstation 3 and 60 preferred X-Box. What is the difference between those who preferred X-Box and those who preferred Nintendo?
20 (how much more!)
300
Name the 2 WAYS we talked about in class to solve for the MYSTERY number in proportions?
Equivalent Ratios and Multiplying Across
300
3 pounds of apples for $1.89 OR 5 pounds of apples for $2.49.
5 pounds of apples for $2.49
300
Shania has 5 aces in 2 volleyball games. How many aces would she have in 5 volleyball games?
12.5 aces
300
Find the unit rate: (how many points in 1 game?) Justin Prue scored 24 points in 3 games.
8 points per game
400
Out of 150 video game players, 40 preferred Nintendo 64, 50 preferred Playstation 3 and 60 preferred X-Box. Write a ratio comparing those who preferred Playstation to those who preferred X-Box IN SIMPLEST FORM.
5:6
400
What is the difference between a RATIO and a PROPORTION?
many possible answers
400
4 mechanical pencils for $1.25 OR 25 mechanical pencils for $5.69
25 pencils for $5.69
400
20 red tickets cost $30.00. How much would 5 red tickets cost?
$7.50 for 5 red tickets
400
Jory shoots 42 baskets in 7 minutes. How many baskets would she shoot in 1 minute?
6 baskets
500
50 out of the 150 people surveyed preferred Playstation 3. What PERCENT of the people preferred Playstation 3?
33.3%
500
Solve for m: 9/45=m/15
m=3
500
4 pickles for $0.89 OR 6 pickles for $1.39
4 pickles for $0.89
500
What are 3 things you can do so you don't get STUCK on a word problem?
*many possible answers
500
Dom draws 12 cartoons in 7 minutes. Richard draws 7 cartoons in 4.5 minutes. Who draws MORE cartoons per minute?
Dom