Unit 2
Unit 2
Unit 2
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In this unit students will be introduced to ratios and proportions. Students will have practice
identifying ratios from pictures, graphs, models and word problems. Using these skills,
students will then be able to identify proportional ratios and use ratios to describe proportional
situations as well as to predict outcomes.
http://thinkingblocks.com
http://www.arcademicskill
builders.com
http://hoodamath.com
http://www.purplemath.c
om/modules/ratio.htm
http://www.ixl.com/math/
grade-5/compare-andconvert-customary-units
Vocabulary
http://www.sheppardsoft
ware.com/math.htm
(MEASUREMENT: length,
weight, volume, and
more)
Mathematics Course 1
Textbook Connection:
Ch. 6: Lessons 6-7
Ch. 7: Lesson 1-3; 7-10
Ch. 9: Lessons 1-4
Try http://intermath.coe.uga.edu/dictnary/homepg.asp or
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ for further examples.
Mathematics Course 1
Textbook Online:
http://go.hrw.com/gopag
es/ma/msm1_07.html
Symbols
A ratio can be
expressed three ways:
2
3
Using a colon
symbol as in 2:3
Using the word to
as in 2 to 3.
Example 1
The table below shows the number of Beyblades that each student purchased. For every
Beyblade that Alex purchased, who purchased three times as many?
Number of
Student
Beyblades
Alex
18
Taj
36
Geoff
54
Carlos
27
Ankit
45
Example 2
The ratio of gazelles to lions at the African Safari Theme Park is 5 to 6. Which shows an
equivalent ratio?
A 10 gazelles to 12 lions
B 15 gazelles to 19 lions
C 20 gazelles to 25 lions
D 24 gazelles to 28 lions
Example 3
There are 1200 students in a school. 60% of them are girls. How many more girls
than boys are there?
Example 4
A newborn baby weighed 125 ounces. What is the babys weight in pounds and ounces?
Key
Example 1
1
3
=
18 x
Example 2
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
10%
120
=
=
100%
1200
ounces
pounds
16 125
=
1
p
16(p) = 1(125)
16p = 125
16p 16 = 125 16
P = 7 r13