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📚 Part 1: Ratios and Equivalent Relationships

A ratio compares two quantities. For example, a ratio of 2:3 means 2 parts of one quantity for every 3 parts of another.

A proportion is a statement that two ratios are equal. Equivalent ratios describe the same proportional relationship.

Worked example: Are 3:5 and 12:20 equivalent? Multiply both parts of 3:5 by 4: 3 × 4 = 12 and 5 × 4 = 20. Therefore, 3:5 = 12:20.

1. Which ratio is equivalent to 4:7?

8:14

12:21

16:21

20:28

2. Complete the equivalent ratio: 5:8 = 15: ______
3. Simplify the ratio 18:24.
4. A class has 12 students who walk to school and 18 who travel by car. Write the ratio of walkers to car travellers in simplest form.

✏️ Part 2: Proportional Reasoning

5. Complete the proportion table for the ratio of red counters to blue counters, 2:3.

Red: 2    4    6    10

Blue: 3    ______    ______    ______

6. If 4 notebooks cost $12, how much will 7 notebooks cost at the same rate?
7. A recipe uses 250 g of flour to make 10 muffins. How much flour is needed to make 24 muffins?
8. A map uses a scale of 1 cm : 5 km. Two towns are 7 cm apart on the map. What is the actual distance between them?
9. A model car is made at a scale of 1:20. The real car is 4 metres long. How long is the model in centimetres?
10. In a sports club, 40% of the 30 members are juniors. How many junior members are there?
11. Challenge: Three friends share $84 in the ratio 2:3:4. How much money does each friend receive?
12. Exit question: Explain how you know that 6:9, 8:12, and 10:15 represent the same proportion. Include one calculation.

✅ Answer Key

1. 8:14, 12:21, and 20:28 are equivalent to 4:7. The intended simplest matching answer is 8:14.

2. 24

3. 3:4

4. 12:18 = 2:3

5. Blue counters: 6, 9, 15

6. $21

7. 600 g

8. 35 km

9. 20 cm

10. 12 junior members

11. The total number of parts is 9. Each part is $84 ÷ 9 = $9. The shares are $18, $27, and $36.

12. Each ratio simplifies to 2:3. For example, 8:12 ÷ 4 = 2:3, so the ratios are equivalent.

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