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Understanding Ratio Concepts

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Understanding Ratio Concepts

Apples showing ratio concepts

🎯 Success Criteria

I can write ratios in three different ways: using colons, fractions, and words.

📊 Part 1: Writing Ratios

1. Look at this group: 🔴🔴🔴🟢🟢 (3 red circles, 2 green circles)

Write the ratio of red circles to green circles in three ways:

Using a colon: ____________

As a fraction: ____________

In words: ____________ to ____________

2. In a classroom, there are 15 boys and 12 girls. Write the ratio of boys to girls:

Using a colon: ____________

As a fraction: ____________

In words: ____________ to ____________

3. A recipe calls for 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. What is the ratio of flour to sugar?

4:2

2:4

4:6

6:4

4. Look at this pattern: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌙🌙 (5 stars, 2 moons)

The ratio of stars to moons is ____________

The ratio of moons to stars is ____________

🔧 Part 2: Simplifying Ratios

5. Simplify these ratios to their lowest terms:

a) 6:9 = ____________

b) 8:12 = ____________

c) 10:15 = ____________

d) 4:16 = ____________

6. Which ratio is equivalent to 3:5?

6:10

5:3

3:8

9:12

7. Show your work to simplify 12:18:
8. Explain in your own words how you know when a ratio is in its simplest form:

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