Unit 2: Comparing and Scaling
Essential Question: How can we analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve problems?
Useful Resources- Solving Proportions and Word Problems Tutorials
- Ratio Word Problems...Cool Interactive using the Bar Model --> has easy - advanced practice |
Vocabulary:
Ratio: a comparison of two quantities. These can be expressed with a phrase such as "the ratio of 3 to 5" which means '3 for every 5.' Ratios can also be written as fractions, or in the notation 3:5 Rate: a comparison of quantities measured in two different units A rate can be thought of as a direct comparison of two sets (20 cookies for 5 children) or as an average amount (4 cookies per child) Unit Rate: how much for 1? how much per? A unit rate is a rate in which the second number, usually the denominator, is 1. Part to Part Ratio: represents a relationship between one part of a whole and another part of the whole. For example, in a recipe that calls for 2 cans of juice concentrate and 3 cans of water, the ratios 2:3 and 3:2 are part-to-part ratios. Part to Whole Ratio: represents a relationship between one part of a whole and the whole For example, in a recipe that calls for 3 cans of juice concentrate and 3 cans of water, the ratios 2:5 and 3:5 are part-to-whole ratios. Proportion: and equation stating that two ratios are equal. |