VISUALIZAGRTAIODENVOF RATIO VISUALIZATION OF RATIO

Objective: Visualize the ratio of two given sets of objects.

REVIEW

Answer the following problems.

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1) Tony needs 3
2 cans of paint for each room in his house. How many cans of paint
will be needed for 3 rooms?
3 1 as long. How
2) Richard plays the piano 4 of an hour a day. Belen, his sister, plays 2
long does Belen play each day?

2 of them in September. How

3) Marielle signed up for 48 piano lessons. She took 3
many piano lessons did she take in September?
9
4) Sound travels in water approximately 10of a mile per second. How far will sound

travel 1
second?
in 2

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 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 to 4
The ratio of circles to triangles

to

4 to 3

The ratio of rectangles to the total number of figures

to

3 to 7
Let’s 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. blouses to skirts
b. skirts to blouses
c. blouses to total number of clothes
d. skirts to total number of clothes

2)
a. baseball bats to balls
b. balls to baseball bats
c. baseball bats to total number of bats and balls
d. 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