6th Grade Math- Focus 1

Ratios, Rates and Proportions

Standards: 6.RP.1, 6.RP.3a, 6.RP3d, M06.S5C2.09

Resource: Van De Walle pages 154-159

 Welcome to Our Math Class!
Let’s look around the room and see what parts make up our whole class!

How many students make up the whole class?

How many girls make up part of our class?
How many girls are in our class compared to our whole
class?
 Write the number of girls (part) compared to the class
(whole) as a FRACTION.
How many boys make up part of our class?
 How many boys in our class compared to our whole
class?
 Write the number of boys (part) compared to the
class (whole) as a FRACTION.
 Types of RATIOS
Vocabulary Definition:
A ratio is a comparison of any two quantities.

When you are comparing two of the SAME

measures, you are using these two types of ratios.

Part to Whole Ratios

Part to Part Ratios
 What is a Part to Whole RATIO?
 PART to WHOLE RATIOS can be written in THREE different ways.

As a FRACTION Using a COLON Using the word, “to”

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕
Part : Whole Part to Whole
𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆
 Did you know? Every FRACTION is a Part to Whole Ratio!
 Did you know? Every PERCENT is a Part to Whole Ratio!
 Did you know? Every DECIMAL is a Part to Whole Ratio!
Student Practice- Write your answers in your math journal/workbook.
1. Using all the three different ways to write Part to Whole Ratios,
represent the part to whole comparisons of the girls and boys in our
whole math class.
In your own words, answer the
following in your workbook.

What is your definition of

a FRACTION?
 What is a Part to Part Ratio?
Let’s compare the number of girls to the number of boys in our class.
 How many girls (part) are in our class?
 How many boys (part) are in our class?
 PART to PART RATIOS are be written in TWO different ways.
Using a COLON Using the word, “to”

Part : Part Part to Part

Student Practice- Write your answers in your math journal/workbook.

2. Why can’t fractions be PART to PART Ratios?
3. Using the two different ways to write Part to Part Ratios, represent
the part to part comparisons of the girls to boys in our whole math
class.
4. Using the two different ways to write Part to Part Ratios, represent
the part to part comparison of the boys to girls in our class.
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 Types of RATIOS
Vocabulary Definition:
A ratio is a comparison of any two quantities.

When you are comparing two DIFFERENT

measures, you are using this types of ratio.

Rate- comparing two DIFFERENT

measures
 What is a RATE?
A RATE RATIO (or just RATE)- compares measures of
two different types.

For example, these are all rates.

• miles per hour
• dollars per item
• cents per pound
• passengers per busload
Measurement Relationships as Rates
 Relationships between two units of measure are also rates.

For example, these are all rates.

• Inches per foot
• Milliliters per liter
• Centimeters per inch
 Can you tell what type of Ratios it is?
Part to Whole, Part to Part, or Rate
Student Practice- Write your answers in your math journal/workbook.
5. Number of red roses to number of yellow roses
6. Number of points earned to number of possible points
7. Number of footballs per PE class
8. Number of roses per flower arrangement
9. Number of heads on a penny after ten tosses
10. Number of footballs to number of balls in the PE supply
11. Number of footballs to number of soccer balls
12. Number of points earned per student
13. Number of points earned to number of points not earned
14. Number of red roses to number of flowers in bouquet
15. Probability of getting a head with one coin toss
16. Odds of getting a head with one coin toss
 Can you tell what type of Ratios it is?
Part to Whole, Part to Part, or Rate
CHECK your answers in your math journal/workbook.
5. Part to Part
6. Part to Whole
7. Rate
8. Rate
9. Rate
10. Part to Whole
11. Part to Part
12. Rate
13. Part to Part
14. Part to Whole
15. Part to Whole
16. Part to Part
 Now that we know about Ratios…
What are Proportions?
Vocabulary Definition:
A proportion is a statement of equality between two
ratios.
As two FRACTIONS Using COLONS & EQUAL SIGN

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 Part : Whole = Part : Whole

=
𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆

3 4
For example, =
9 12
This might be read “3 is to 9 as 4 is to 12.”
Or it might be read “3 and 9 are in the same ratio as 4 and 12.”
 Include the Units of Measure with Rates
A ratio that is RATE usually includes the units of measure when written.

For example,
$12.50 $37.50
=
1 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛 3 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑠
This might be read “$12.50 per gallon compared to $37.50 for 3 gallons.”
The dollar signs and the words, gallon/gallons, are the UNITS for these
numeric values.
 Did you notice? $12.50 X 3 = $37.50 and 1 gal X 3 = 3 gals
Big Concept Idea!
Proportional Reasoning involves Multiplication or Division
to maintain EQUAL ratios!
 Which Has More? (Van de Walle, Activity 6.1)

Student Practice- Write your answers in your math journal/workbook.

Situation 1:
Which class team has more girls?
(Which class team has a larger proportion of girls?)

Situation 2:
Which fish tank has more goldfish?
(Which fish tank has a larger proportion of goldfish?)
 Which Has More? (Van de Walle, Activity 6.1)

Student Practice- Write your answers in your math journal/workbook.

Situation 3:
Which figure has more circles?

Situation 4:
Did Ollie or Sandy grow more?
 Which Has More?
(Van de Walle, Activity 6.1)

Class Discussion about Class Discussion about

Situations 1 & 2 Situations 3 & 4
1. Which class team has 3. Which figure has more
more girls? circles?

2. Which fish tank has more 4. Did Ollie or Sandy grow

goldfish? more?
 Ticket Out the Door!
 What is the definition of a RATIO?
 What is ONE type of ratio?
 What is ANOTHER type of ratio?
 What is a comparison of two same measures called?
 What is a comparison of two different measures called?
 What type of ratio is a fraction or percent?
 What is a comparison of two ratios called?

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