Exploring Ratios and Proportions

• Math
• 6th Grade

Exploring Ratios and Proportions

Learning Objective

Understand the concept of ratios and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.

What do you already know about ratios and proportions?

Understanding Ratios

Ratios compare two quantities using division and can be written in different forms like 2:3 or 2/3.

Equivalent Ratios

Equivalent ratios represent the same relationship and can be found by multiplying or dividing both parts of the ratio by the same number.

Using Ratio Tables

Ratio tables organize equivalent ratios and help in solving problems involving ratios.

Understanding Proportions

Proportions are two equivalent ratios and can be solved using cross multiplication.

Solving Proportion Problems

Solve proportion problems by cross multiplying and finding the value of the unknown quantity.

Applying Ratios and Proportions

Apply ratios and proportions to solve real-life problems such as scaling, mixing ingredients, and determining distances.

Review and Assessment

Review key concepts and assess understanding through a short quiz or problem-solving activity.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.