Ratios and Proportional Relationships Vocabulary

A comparison of two values using division

A ratio with units given

A rate where the denominator is one

A ratio comparing model size to actual size

having the same or a constant ratio

A method for solving proportions where you multiply diagonally

y/x in a table of values or a graph. If the relationship is proportional this value will be the same for any (x, y).

Also called the multiplier, scale, unit rate, or SLOPE

To change

A value that does not change; something that stays the same.

Two ratios that have the same value