Introduction to Ratios and Rates

What is a ratio?

• A number

• A comparison of (or relationship between) two numbers by division

• The product of two numbers

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We typically use a fraction to refer to one number while a ratio refers to a comparison of 2 numbers.

• True

• False

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Fraction

,

(b) Ratio

• 1/2 sandwich

• 1 sandwich to 2 people

• 3:4

• 3/4

• A relationship

• A part

When we say a car is driving 40 miles per hour, we are using a type of ratio called a rate.

• True

• False

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What operation is used to convert any rate that does not have a denominator of 1 into a Unit Rate?

• multiplication

• addition

• subtraction

• division

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