Proportions
Vocab
Ratios and Unit Rates
Thanksgiving
100

Do the ratios 1/3 and 6/2 form a proportion?

What is no because y/x = 1/3 for the first ratio and y/x = 3 for the second ratio. 

100

A comparison of two values

What is a ratio?

100

This is the ratio of the letter b to the letter c in this problem:

c b b b b r r b b c c c


What is 6:4

100

This is the name for the biggest shopping day of the year that takes place the day after Thanksgiving

What is Black Friday?

200

Do the ratios 2/1 and 14/7 form a proportion?

What is yes because y/x = 2 for both?

200

This is a rate with a denominator of 1

What is a unit rate?

200

Cameron's Ice Creamery sold 41 sundaes with nuts and 9 sundaes without nuts. This is the ratio of the number of sundaes with nuts to the number of sundaes without nuts

What is 41:9?
200

This president made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday

Who is Abe Lincoln?

300

Monica uses 3 basil leaves in her sauce for every 8 tomatoes. She is making a big batch of sauce with 32 tomatoes from her garden. How many basil leaves should she use?

What is 12?

300

True or False: A rate can compare quantities measured with the same unit. 

What is false?

300

One pack of pens has 6 colored pens and 9 black pens. Another pack has 3 colored pens and 6 black pens. Do the packs have the same ratio of colored pens to black pens?

What is no?

300

This is the name for an adult male turkey

What is a tom?

400

Bobby spent 4 hours hiking 8 miles. On Sunday, he plans to hike 12 miles. How long will it take him if he hikes at the same speed?

What is 6 hours?

400

A statement that two ratios are equal to each other

What is a proportion?

400

Sound travels 1 mile in about 1/12 of a minute. How fast does sound travel in 1 minute?

What is 12 miles?

400

This is Ms. M's favorite thanksgiving food

What is stuffing?

500

When you multiply a number and its reciprocal it was always equal this number. 

What is 1?

500

This is the name for when you flip a fraction

What is a reciprocal?

500

A seed sprouted and grew 2/3 of a foot in 3 months. What was its rate of growth in feet per month?

What is 2/9 feet per month?

500

This is the process of soaking a turkey in a saltwater solution before cooking it

What is brining?