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Illustrative Mathematics

Gotham City Taxis

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Taxi! Have your travelers figure out how far they can go in a taxi for $10.00. They must account for the mileage rate and tip in their calculation. They can set up a table or make an equation to solve for the exact mileage they can...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Currency Exchange

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Take your class on a North American adventure with a currency conversion problem. Pupils are asked to change US dollars into Canadian dollars and then to Mexican pesos. The commentary includes two solutions, converting by unit rates and...
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Lesson Plan
California Mathematics Project

Meteorology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
See how estimation is essential to making temperature weather maps. Scholars use ratios and rates of change to estimate temperatures at locations where temperature readings have not been made. They connect this idea to linear functions.
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Snail Pace

For Teachers 6th Standards
Slow and steady wins the race? In the assessment task, scholars calculate the rates at which different snails travel in order to find the fastest snail. Hopefully, your class will move much more quickly in finishing the task!
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New Mexico State University

Bad Date

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Get the best ratio for a good date. The class watches a video where dates are rated based on the ratio of words spoken. Pupils then use the ratios in the video along with other given ratios to find equivalent ratios. Finally, they...
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Curated OER

Ratios and Proportions

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
This study guide would be great to use when presenting a lesson on ratios and proportions. It includes clear definitions, explanations, and examples to work through as a class or individually. In addition, it has notes on rates and...
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California Education Partners

Miguel's Milkshakes

For Students 7th Standards
Moooove over, there's a better deal over there! The fourth segment in a series of eight requires individuals to determine the best unit cost for milk. Scholars calculate the least amount they can spend on a particular quantity of milk....
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Curated OER

Ten Multiple-Choice Rate, Ratio, and Proportion Problems

For Students 7th
In this rate, ratio, and proportion instructional activity, 7th graders solve ten multiple-choice problems.  The solutions are provided by clicking on the "show answers" on the bottom of the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Working with Rates

For Students 9th - 12th
In this working with rates learning exercise, learners solve 9 problems where they find the rates, they solve 5 problems where they find the rates for compound units and they solve 5 problems where they find the rates using scientific...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Family Letter - Foreign Currency and Exchange Rates: Proportions and Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
In this proportions and ratios worksheet, students solve 6 short answer problems. Students find the foreign currency exchange rates for six countries. Students express the exchange rate as a proportion or ratio.
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Worksheet
Helping with Math

Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Here is a set of 24 pairs of numbers for which kids reduce the ratios to their simplest form. It is a simple and straightforward assignment, meant by the publisher to address CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3. Note, however, that it only requires...
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Curated OER

Using Ratio to Express a Rate

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I learning exercise, 9th graders use a ratio to express a rate.  The one page learning exercise contains two multiple choice questions.  Solutions are provided. 
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California Education Partners

Photos

For Students 7th Standards
Why do all sizes of pictures not show the same thing? Class members analyze aspect ratios of various sizes of photos. They determine which sizes have equivalent ratios and figure out why some pictures need to be cropped to fit particular...
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Assessment
Balanced Assessment

At the Supermarket

For Students 6th - 8th
Grocery managers and chefs sure use lots of math. Scholars first use ratios and unit rates to determine a price for a can of corn. Once individuals have the pricing, they determine the amount of ingredients necessary to make brownies...
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Assessment
Achieve

Greenhouse Management

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Who knew running a greenhouse required so much math? Amaze future mathematicians and farmers with the amount of unit conversions, ratio and proportional reasoning, and geometric applications involved by having them complete the...
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California Education Partners

Animals of Rhomaar

For Students 7th Standards
Investigate the growth rates of alien animals. Pupils study fictional animals from another planet to determine how much they grow per year. The investigators plot the growth of their animals over a period of time and then compare them to...
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Curated OER

Solving Problems Using Equivalent Ratios

For Students 7th - 12th
In this equivalent ratios worksheet, students solve word problems when given an equivalent ratio of the answer. Students complete 7 problems.
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Curated OER

Ratios and Proportions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this ratios and proportions worksheet, students complete a series of short answer questions based on different charts and word problems dealing with ratios and proportions. Students complete 9 problems.
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Curated OER

Seven Rates and Ratio Problems Using Tables

For Students 5th - 8th
In this rates and ratios worksheet, learners complete tables given rates. This worksheet contains seven multi-part problems where students discover the steps to ratio problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio, Proportion And Percent Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students examine the answers to a formal assessment focusing on the concepts of ratio, proportion, and percent.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio and Proportion: Write and Interpret

For Students 8th - 10th
In this ratio and proportion worksheet, students explore example problems. Afterwards, they read story problems and use ratios and proportions to find the solution. This three-page worksheet contains six multi-step problems,
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio, Proportion And Percent

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students evaluate and compare the ratios. They also compare the fractions by solving the proportions.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Voting for Two, Variation 4

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
After elections, the total amount of votes is not specified but the ratio of votes is. Your learners' job is to determine the fraction of votes John received above half of all votes. The problem can be solved abstractly or by other...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Art Class, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Play with paint and decide the ratio to make different shades of green. When mixing paint colors, your painters should decide which ratios make the same shade and what is needed to mix other ratios for a different shade of green. This is...

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