Ratios and Rates: Working With Ratios

The video tutorial explains how to scale a recipe by maintaining the ratio of ingredients when the number of people increases. It introduces the concept of equivalent ratios, demonstrating that multiplying both terms of a ratio by the same number results in an equivalent ratio. The tutorial also covers simplifying ratios by dividing both terms by their greatest common divisor, using the example of golf balls to illustrate the process.

What do you need to do if you have three times the number of people hiking?

How do you find the new ratio of raisins to cashews when tripling the amounts?

What are equivalent ratios?

How can you simplify the ratio of 15 to 6?

What is the simplest form of the ratio 15 to 6?