Lesson 53:

Finding the Missing Term in a Pair of

Equivalent Ratios
 Explore and Discover!

• Marie can make 3 small mango pies for

every 5 mangoes. How many pies can she
make with 25 mangoes?
• The ratio in the problem is 3 : 5. This
means that for every 3 pies, Marie
needs 5 mangoes.
But how do we solve the problem?
We use equivalent ratios to find
how many pies Marie can make
with 25 mangoes.
 To find the missing term in a pair of
equivalent ratios, solve for equivalent
fractions.
3 = pies
5 25 mangoes
3 x 5 = 15 Think: To get 25, you multiplied the denominator by
5 x 5 = 25 5, so we multiply the numerator by 5 also.

Marie can make 15 pies.

Get Moving!
Tell whether the following given ratios are proportions.
Write YES if they are and NO if not, change one term to
make them proportions.

1) 4 28 2)18 : 45 and 4 : 12
and
5 35 4) 3 : 21 and 6 : 40
20 and 15
3) 5) 9 : 12 and 27 : 32
48 36
 B. Solve for the missing term in each
proportion

1) 6 : n = 8 : 12
2) y : 6 = 28 : 84
3) m : 7 = 6 :
4) 14 : 21 = 2 : n
5)20 : 24 = x : 6
Keep Moving!
Tell whether n = 22 is a reasonable answer
to complete each proportion. Write YES or
NO on the blank before each number.
_____ 1) n = 11 _______ 3) 45 = 15
24 12 60 n

_____ 2) 44 = n __ 4) n = 110
72 36 33 165
B. Solve for the missing term and check.
1) a = 3 2) 90 = a 3) x = 49
32 4 54 3 9 63

4) 2 = n 5) n = 9 6) 3 = 24
5 30 17 51 10 n
7)n = 32 8) 5 = 23 1 = 28
9)
4 24 n 69 7 x
 Apply Your Skills!

Solve for the missing term.

1.What number compared to 10 is the same as 28 compared to 5?
2. Lisa saves Php 60.00 in 4 weeks. At this rate, how long will it take her to save
Php 300.00?
3) Six compared to 11 is the same as 84 compared to what number?
4) A motorist travelled 240 km is 3 hours. At the same rate, how long will take to
travel 400 km?
5) A scale 3.5 cm on a map represents an actual distance of 175 km. What actual
distance does a scale distance of 5.7 cm represent?
6) There are 24 students in a Grade V class. During a tree planting day, they
planted a total of 24 mahogany and narra seedlings. Each girl planted 3 mahogany
seedlings and every three boys planted 1 narra seedling. Find how many
mahogany and narra seedlings each are planted by the students?