Unit 3 Vocab for Essenentials Math

a ratio of two quantities measured in different units

• rate

• proportion

• ratio

• comparison

a rate for one of something

• unit rate

• equivalent

• proportion

• comparison

equal in value or amount

• ratio

• proportion

• rate

• equivalent

a part or number considered in comparative relation to a whole

• rate

• equivalent

• proportion

• simplest form

a comparison of two numbers

• rate

• ratio

• simplest form

• equivalent

a consideration of the similarities or difference between two numbers

• unit rate

• equivalent

• comparison

• rate

the top and bottom of a fraction have no common factors other than 1;

reduce a fraction

• simplest form

• equivalent

• rate

• comparison

Equivalent ratios have the same value.

ex. 2:3 is equivalent to 4:6

• True

• False

How can a ratio be represented?

• a to b

• a : b

• a/b

• All of these

Is 4/9 equivalent to 8/18?

• True

• False