Duration: 1 Hour

Lesson aims:
Learners to understand and use ratio, proportion and scale.
Specific learning outcomes: Assessment method(s):
Students will be able to: Group activities
Recognise the difference between ratio and Question & Answer during the session..
proportion. Learner engagement during session.
Use and calculate ratio and proportion. Worksheet
Solve problems involving scale.
Use appropriate checking procedures.
Linked Functional Skills:
Speaking, listening and communicating:
Students participate in discussions during the session, how they articulate answers and communicate
with other learners.
Previous knowledge assumed:
Understand and use positive and negative numbers of any size in practical contexts.
Carry out calculations with numbers of any size in practical contexts.
Collect and represent discrete and continuous data.
Materials and equipment required:
Number cards. Rulers.
Worksheet

Time/ Stage Subject Teacher Activity Student Activity Resources/Notes

Matter/Content
5 min Small Group Ask the class to Discussions and Proportion can be
Activity: divide into small agreement. Identify fractions,
Form groups with a groups – maximum ratio and percentages or
mixture of boys and 5 or 6). Each group proportion. decimals.
girls. Identify ratio to have a mixture of
and proportion. boys and girls.
Each group then
identifies the ratio
of boys:girls in the
group and the
proportion of girls
(or boys) in the
groups.
10 min Explanation and Discuss the Ask questions Clarify that ratio
discussion. difference between compares the sets
ratio and within the group.
proportion. Identify Proportion
 proportion as compares each set
fractions, to the whole group
percentages and size.
decimals. Reinforce the
different forms of
proportion and the
commonly know
equivalences e.g.
1/8 = 12.5%
10 min Small Group Ask each group to Measure the Depending on the
Activity: measure, calculate diagram height. group ability, you
Consider keeping the height using the Use scale to may wish to give
them in the same scale and place the calculate the real each group a
groups as trees in order of realheight. different set, or give
developed above. height. Place in order. them all the same
Which tree is the Discussion and set.
tallest? agreement. The card sets are
best printed in
different colours.
The real height
order is printed on
the top of the card
sheet. Don’t give
out the sheets!
5-10 min Explanation and Focus attention so Ask Questions
discussion that the visual
height of the
diagram does not
reveal its true
height. The scale
has to be applied.
25 min Worksheet Task Hand out Worksheet.
worksheets and
guide students to
showing their
calculations.
Introduce the need
to do some problem
solving.
Ask them to check
their answers.
10 min Worksheet Answers Provide answers Ask questions This can provide
and give the focus for a
 explanations where discussion of using
necessary. ratio, proportion
Ask questions and and scale in real
discuss checking life.
procedures.
5 min Conclusion. Guide learners to Ask Questions.
Redefine ratio, common sense
proportion and checking.
scale. Ask for
questions.