Name:__________________________ Date:__Thursday, February 14, 2013____ Math 7 Mr.

Bergstrom Objective(s) for the Day: Students will be able to: Standard(s): Vocabulary:

Section 5.3

test if ratios form a proportion

Ratios and Proportional Reasoning proportions cross products

Notes for Today: Questions/Main Ideas/Vocabulary Terms

proportion -

Answers/Thoughts/Examples/Definitions
proportion an equation stating that two ratios are equal

Two ways to test if ratios form a proportion. Way #1) Write both ratios in simplest form, then test if they are equal

Do these ratios form a proportion? 4 6 Example 1: , 10 15

Example 1:

4 6 , 10 15

4 5 , 8 9

2 2 , yes 5 5

Example 2:

4 5 Example 2: , 8 9 1 2 5 9
, no

Way #2) Find the cross products of the ratios cross products cross products two products found by multiplying the denominator of each ratio by the numerator of the other ratio

Example 3:

6 3 , 14 7

Example 3:

6 3 , 14 7

6 7 14 3 42 42