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Reasoning with Ratios for a Recipe | 6.RP.A.3
In this math video we will be reasoning with ratios for a recipe. We will be provided with 3 ingredients to a cookie recipe and we will be asked to identify ratios of ingredients where we either double, triple, or possibly halve the...
Curated Video
Using Fractional Ratios in Cooking
This is a video tutorial on how to solve a cooking problem involving fractional ratios. The teacher uses a tape diagram to explain how to find the amount of blueberries and strawberries needed for the whole recipe based on the given...
Curated Video
Determining Terminating and Repeating Decimals
In this video, the teacher explains how to determine whether fractions convert to terminating or repeating decimals using proportional reasoning and double tape diagrams. They provide examples and clarify common misconceptions about...
Curated Video
Estimating T-Shirt Orders for Field Day: Proportional Reasoning
Learn how to use proportional reasoning to estimate the number of t-shirts of each size to order for a field day. Review the concept of random sampling and how it helps in making valid inferences about the entire population. Explore how...
New Mexico State University
Bad Date
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...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - Exponential Models with Differential Equations
Exponential models come with a shortcut. Pupils watch an example of how to determine if a differential equation is an exponential model. Learners realize the solution is in the same formula, allowing for a quick way to determine the...
Corbett Maths
Recipes
Just how much of each ingredient is required? The resource works a few examples of scaling a recipe to feed more or fewer people than outlined. Pupils follow the examples to work out similar problems.
Corbett Maths
Given 2 Ratios
Know how to solve problems with one ratio? Then solving problems with two ratios will be a cinch. Pupils watch an engaging video to learn how to solve problems involving two ratios. It first shows the method of combining the ratios into...
Corbett Maths
Ratio – Given One Quantity
If mathematicians know one value, they can definitely find the other. Given a ratio and one quantity, individuals learn to find the other quantity. An instructional video describes how to first divide to find the amount for one part,...
Corbett Maths
Ratio – Sharing the Total
Sharing is caring, but sharing doesn't have to be equal. Scholars watch a video that shows how to partition a total using a given ratio. The method shown here is to find the cumulative number of parts, divide the total by the number of...
PBS
Math with Jake: Frequencies and Pitch
Be an octave above the rest. A musician explains how to write music in different time signatures. An interesting resource continues to demonstrate ratios using the pitch of musical notes and hertz. Pupils use a pitch table and determine...
PBS
Math with Jake: Transposition Using Ratios
The star of the show is ratios. The informative resource explains how to transpose music using ratios. Individuals transpose the song "Twinkle, Twinkle" in the activity by applying their ratio skills. The activity challenges class...
PBS
Area and Volume in Kapa Cloth Making
Using an installment from the Math at the Core series, pupils learn about Kapa cloth, which is made from bark. The video shows how much cloth one cup of bark makes. Then classmates, working in pairs, determine the number of cups of bark...
PBS
Human Tree: Ratios
Create a personal tree. By visiting an exhibit at the National Museum of Mathematics, the resource introduces the idea of fractals. The exhibit takes an image of the person and creates a tree by repeating scaled images on the shoulders...
PBS
Scale City — Inverse Proportions and Shadows in the Real World
Bring the resource out from the shadows. Viewers of a short video learn about drive-in theaters and how operators project images onto a large screen. They then perform an experiment to determine the relationship between the distance of...
PBS
Scale City — Similar Figures in the Real World
Bat a perfect thousand when learning about math and baseball. Scholars view an informative video on Babe Ruth and the Louisville Slugger Museum. They answer several questions on batting averages and scale models using ratios and...
Corbett Maths
Direct Proportion
Direct change by finding the constant. Using two known values within a direct proportion, the resource shows how to find the constant of proportionality. Once individuals do that, they then find any value given the other. The video works...
PBS
Recognize and Represent Proportional Relationships between Quantities: Ratio, Proportion, Cross Multiply, and Divide
Review three video clips for one major concept. The resource contains three short clips to introduce the idea of ratios and proportions and how to solve a proportion. After watching the video, partners use their noses to push pom poms...
PBS
Scale City — Scaling up Recipes and Circles in the Real World
What a great big skillet you have. The resource introduces the class to the world's largest stainless steel skillet. The class creates a model of the skillet and a typical 12-inch skillet and compares the relative sizes of their areas....
Corbett Maths
Similar Shapes Sides
Scale up a lesson on similarity. Young mathematicians watch a video that investigates the sides of similar figures. They see how to calculate missing sides from the given measures using scale factors.
PBS
Real-Life Math | Chef
Cook up a lesson on unit conversions. Scholars brainstorm how chefs use math in restaurants, and then watch a video of a real chef explaining how unit conversions, food and supply costs, portion sizes, and payroll all require math. They...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Woodworker
Woodworking is math-intensive work. Viewing a video of a woodworker explaining how he applies math in his craft sets the stage for a crafty lesson. Pupils use ratios and proportions to create scale drawings of objects.
Anywhere Math
Solving Proportions
It's all proportional. Learners watch an instructive video that explains how to solve proportions. the resource covers how to use mental math by reducing one of the sides of the proportion and then applying a multiplicative relationship....
CK-12 Foundation
Similar Polygons and Scale Factors: Lesson
Develop an understanding of the scale of similarity. Starting with the concept of congruency, the resource introduces the idea of similarity between two figures. As part of a larger playlist on geometry, it defines similarity and uses...