Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Solve the Ratio and Proportion Problem Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, Harry finds money on the sidewalk. He uses ratio, proportion, and some knowledge about shadows to return it to the rightful owner. In the accompanying classroom activity, students investigate whether there is a consistent...
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Common Core Sheets

Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 6.rp.3a Worksheets

For Teachers 6th Standards
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts and creating tables and graphs.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Real World Proportional Relationships: Gender Wage Gap

For Students 6th - 8th
Using this infographic, learn how wage equity today compares with data from 50 years ago, at the dawn of the equal pay movement. The accompanying classroom activity invites students to explore the change in the gender wage gap from 1965...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Thirsty for Ratios

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, the students will learn what a ratio is and how it can be used in a comparison. In this lesson, students will also determine how to combine a sports drink in powder form and water to make enough for a whole football team....
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Solving Problems With Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Solve ratios with only part of given information.
Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Dirt Bike Proportions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find the number which makes the fractions equal in this multiplayer race!
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Use Proportions

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge using proportions.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Recognize Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Test your knowledge of proportions and how they relate to parts of a whole.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Similar Triangles and Proportions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students will investigate the relationship among the similar triangles formed when a segment is constructed parallel to one side of a triangle. They will explore the various ratios that exist between the lengths of the...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ratio

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply their understanding of ratio, percent, and direct proportion in various situations. Students solve problems involving ratio and proportion with similar figures and with...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Ratio and Proportions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the concept of ratios and proportions using a variety of visuals and manipulatives.
Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ratios and Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A seventh-grade student is having trouble understanding ratios, fractions, and simplest form. Dr. Math to the rescue! Real-world, easy to grasp examples.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Ratios, Fractions, and Percentages

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This page explores how ratios can be written as fractions. The site also discusses proportions and reducing ratios with problems and examples.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Solving Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson introduces the cross product method for solving proportions. It also connects the mathematical content to real-world applications.
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Means Proportional and Geometric Means

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math helps a student discover the meaning of the mean proportional of two numbers. Detailed explanation with examples.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Graphing Calculator Activity: Proportions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise graphing calculator lesson on proportions. Detailed examples, demonstrations of functions, and practice problems included. Acrobat Reader required.
Interactive
Math Playground

Dirt Bike Proportions: Race by Finding Equivalent Ratios.

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Proportions where students determine the missing number to make the proportion true.
Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Multiplication Properties of Equality

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use the multiplication property of equality to justify their solution to a ratio problem.
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Common Core Sheets

Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 7.rp.1 Worksheets

For Teachers 7th Standards
Create a worksheet to assess students understanding of unit rates and unit fractions.
Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Unit Rates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive simulation that teaches about ratios, proportional reasoning, and using double number lines to look for patterns through interactions while shopping for fruits, vegetables, and candy and by comparing cars with different...
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Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Art Class [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate understanding of proportional relationships when completing an assessment.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Equivalent Ratios: Lesson 5

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
This lesson will introduce the means and extremes of a proportion, and demonstrate how to use cross multiplication to determine if two ratios are equivalent. It is 5 of 8 in the series titled "Equivalent Ratios."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Equivalent Ratios: Lesson 8

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
This lesson will introduce the means and extremes of a proportion, and demonstrate how to use cross multiplication to determine if two ratios are equivalent. It is 8 of 8 in the series titled "Equivalent Ratios."
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Solving Proportions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to solve proportions. The mathematics resource consists of examples and practice problems with answers.

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