VISUALIZATION

GRADE VOF RATIO

VISUALIZATION OF RATIO
Objective:

Visualize the ratio of two given sets of objects.

REVIEW

Answer the following problems.

1
cans of paint for each room in his house. How many cans of paint
2
will be needed for 3 rooms?

1) Tony needs 3

1
3
of an hour a day. Belen, his sister, plays
as long. How
4
2
long does Belen play each day?

2) Richard plays the piano

3) Marielle signed up for 48 piano lessons. She took

2
of them in September. How
3

many piano lessons did she take in September?

4) Sound travels in water approximately
travel in

1
second?
2

9
of a mile per second. How far will sound
10

STUDY AND LEARN

Look at the picture below.

We will write ratio. To do that, we will compare two quantities.

We can see from the illustration that there are ___ rectangles and ___ circles. There are
___ figures altogether.
The ratio of rectangles to circles
to
3
The ratio of circles to triangles

to

to
4

to

The ratio of rectangles to the total number of figures

to
3

to

7
2

Lets have another example.

Example:

There are ____ mangoes and ____ apples.

Together, there are ____ fruits.

What is the ratio of the following?

a. apples to mangoes

(There are six apples to 9 mangoes)

b. mangoes to apples

(There are 9 mangoes to six apples)

c. apples to total number of fruits (There are 6 apples to 15 fruits)

d. mangoes to total number of fruits
(There are 9 mangoes to 15 fruits)

TRY THESE
Look at the following:

Write the ratios of the following:

1. cats to birds
2. dogs to Guinea pigs
3. Guinea pigs to total number of pets
4. dogs and cats to Guinea pigs

WRAP UP

What is ratio?

Ratio is a comparison of two quantities.

ON YOUR OWN
Write the following ratios. Write the answers in your notebook.

1)
a.
b.
c.
d.

blouses to skirts
skirts to blouses
blouses to total number of clothes
skirts to total number of clothes

2)
a.
b.
c.
d.

baseball bats to balls

balls to baseball bats
baseball bats to total number of bats and balls
balls to total number of bats and balls

3.

flowers

to

leaves

___ to ___

4.

a. spatial figures to plane figures

_______
_______

_______ to _______

b. plane figures to spatial figures

_______
_______

_______ to _______

c. spatial figures to total number of geometric figures

_______
_______
=
_______ to _______
d. plane figures to total number of geometric figures
_______
_______
=
_______ to _______