Give the quotient:

I am a comparison of
1. 18 ÷ 3 = 6
two quantities. Who
2. 32 ÷ 4 = 8 am i? RATIO

3. 105 ÷3 = 35
I am a statement of equality
4. 108 ÷ 9 = 12 between two ratios.
Who am I? PROPORTION
5. 132 ÷ 6 = 22

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 SOLVING PROBLEMS
INVOLVING DIRECT
PROPORTION USING
BLOCK MODEL

Agenda
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Direct Proportion means that when
one element of the given ratio will
increase, the other element will also
increase.
Consider the illustration below.
Yellow Paint Red Paint

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Example 1.
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2 to 3. If there are 26
boys in the class, how many girls are there?

26

BOYS 13 13

Ans: There
GIRLS 13 13 13 are 39 girls
39

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Example 2.
In Mr. Abalo’s farm, there are 105 ducks together with
some chicken. The ratio of his ducks to chicken is 5:7. How
many chicken are there in Mr. Abalo’s farm?
105 Ans: There are
DUCKS 21 21 21 21 21 147 chicken

CHICKEN 21 21 21 21 21 21 21

147

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 Group Activity
Group 3: Illustrate the
Group 1: Group 2: Illustrate the given ratio using blocks
Illustrate the given ratio using blocks and write the correct
given ratio and write the correct numbers inside each
using blocks numbers inside each blocks and write the
blocks answer

The ratio of dogs to cats in the animal house is 3:5. If there

are 35 cats, how many dogs are there?
21 Ans: There are
DOGS 7 7 7 21 dogs.

CATS 7 7 7 7 7

35
Lets apply. Work by pair….

In Mr. Arellano’s orchard, the ratio of mango trees to

avocado trees is 4:3. If there are 39 avocado trees in Mr.
Arellano’s orchard, how many mango trees are there?
52
Ans: There are 52
MANGO 13 13 13 13
mango trees in Mr.
Arellano’s orchard.
AVOCADO 13 13 13

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 Carefully review the block diagrams and solution.

The ratio of guavas to papayas in a fruit store is 4 to 1. If there

are 20 guavas in the fruit store then how many papayas are
there?

guava 20 20 20 20
papaya 20 Can you tell what is wrong
with the given solution?
So the number of papayas is 20.

What would be the correct answer then? 5 papayas

Agenda
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 How much have you learned? …
Solve this problem.
1. The ratio of children to adult in the program
is 5 : 8. If there are 104 adults in the program,
how many children are there?

Point system Illustrate the given Illustrate the given ratio

Illustrate the ratio using blocks using blocks and write the
given ratio and write the correct numbers inside
using blocks correct numbers each blocks and write the
(2 points ) inside each blocks answer ( 5 points )
( 4 points )

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Assignment: Solve the following
problem in a ¼ sheet of paper

1. Abdul has some blue and red marbles in a

ratio of 3:7. If he has 56 red marbles, how
many blue marbles has he?

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