Ratio and Proportion
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Subject Area: Mathematics (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 6
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Ratio and proportion, math, equivalent ratios, ratios and proportions
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn the concept of ratios and proportions, use them to solve problems, and apply them in real-world situations. The students will learn the skills of expressing values as ratio or proportion, identifying equivalent ratios, and finding missing term in a proportion.

  • MA.6.AR.3.1 Given a real-world context, write and interpret ratios to show the relative sizes of two quantities using appropriate notation: , a to b, or a:b where b ≠ 0.
  • MA.6.AR.3.2 Given a real-world context, determine a rate for a ratio of quantities with different units. Calculate and interpret the corresponding unit rate.
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Video : All About Ratios
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: This video helps to understand the ways to determine the ratio between two different objects/ ratios in different situations. Ex. include, finding ratio of strawberries to oranges, oranges to fruit, sport games to racing games. It also teachers us to simply the ratio by finding the common factor.
Quiz : Ratio and Proportion
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

In the recipe of a lemonade, 3 cups of sugar is needed for 4 lemons. How many cups of sugar are needed for 8 lemons. 

Question #2

In the frut basket there are 4 oranges and 3 apples. What is the ratio of oranges to apples?

 

Question #3
If Mike has a ratio of 4  apples to 5 bananas, he will have 8 apples, if he has 10 bananas.
Question #4

A class has 10 students. There are 7 boys in the class. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

Question #5

 In the basket there are 4 red and 3 green apples. What is the ratio of red apples to total apples?

Question #6

There are 12 girls and 15 boys in the classroom. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

Question #7

There are 3 ice-cream cones for every 2 donuts sold at the dunkin donut shop. If there were 9 ice-cream cones sold, how many donuts were sold?

Question #8
A car travels 10 miles in 1 hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours if it goes with the same speed?
Question #9

Thre are 4 hats to 6 mittens. How many hats are there to 12 mittens?

Question #10

Which statement describes a unit rate of 2:1

Description: This quiz assesses students' knowledge on ratio and proportion.
Resources : Ratio Review
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.rnhttps://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-ratios-prop-topic/intro-to-ratios/a/intro-to-ratios
Review Ratios and Proportions lesson
A ratio compares two different quantities.
Description: Review the lesson on ratios and proportions.
Resources : Math game on ratio and proportion
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Math Ratio and Proportion game
This ratio-blaster game teachers the concept of ratio and proportion.
Description: Lean the unit on ratio and proportion through games.