How Do Fractions and Proportions Affect Our

Daily Life?
Guided Notes
Name:
Date:
Period:
List three examples of fractions in your life:
1.
2.
3.
List three examples of proportions:
1.
2.
3.
How many students are here in class today?
How many boys are there in our class today?
How many girls are there in our class today?

Please write a fraction showing how many boys are in the class to how many
students are in the whole class?

Please write a fraction showing how many girls are in the class to how many
students are in the whole class?

Christopher ate 2 slices of cake. Stephanie ate 1 slice. If Christopher ate 2/4 of the
cake and all the slices were the same the size, what fraction of the cake remained
after Christopher and Stephanie had eaten? Solve the problem in word form and
draw a diagram supporting your answer.

Stephanie ate 3 slices of cake. Gabriela ate 1 slice. If there were initially 6 slices and
all the slices are the same size, what fraction of the cake is remaining? Solve the
problem in word form and draw a diagram supporting your answer.

Tommy uses 9 liters of water to water 24 flower pots. He is wondering how many
liters of water (w) it would take to water 40 flower pots. He assumes hell use the
same amount of water on each pot. Write a proportion model for this situation. Then
solve the proportion to determine how many liters of water it takes to water 40
flower pots.

Stacy is putting on sunscreen. She uses 2 ml to cover 50 cm2 of her skin. She wants
to know how many milliliters of sunscreen (c) she needs to cover 325 cm2 of her
skin. Design a proportion to model the situation. Then solve the proportion to
determine how many milliliters of sunscreen Stacy needs to cover 325 cm2 of her
skin.