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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.
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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.
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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Identification and Writing of Equivalent Rates Grade 6

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert ratios to rates and then compare the rates.
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PBS

Pbs: Scale City: One Dimensional Scaling in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, life-size replicas help demonstrate one-dimensional scaling and the ratio relationship between two real-world quantities. The accompanying classroom activity helps students understand how ratios and proportions can help...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Something Fishy [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Estimate the size of a large population (fish in a bay) by applying the concepts of ratio and proportion through the capture-recapture statistical procedure.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Picturing Probabilities of Number Cube Sums

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students use ideas of ratio and proportion to investigate various ways to make a circle graph. Students create graphs to display the probabilities of the different sums that can be generated with two number cubes. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measurement: Scale Distances or Dimensions

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find scale dimensions using actual measurements and a ratio or proportion.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Indirect Measurement

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find unknown measurements indirectly using the ratios and proportions of similar figures. Students examine guided notes, review guided...
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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."
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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."
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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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Free Math Help

Free Math Help: Proportions and Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial investigates proportions and ratios. The lesson includes explanations on solving problems with ratios using cross multiplication.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Wing Tabs Save Fuel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, 'Wing tabs save fuel', ratios and proportions will be used to explore the concept of similarity between a drawing/model and the actual dimensions. The effects of dilation (size change) on an image and...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: How Much Do You Weigh in Outer Space?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Demonstrate the ability to apply the use of decimals, fractions, ratios and proportions to situations based upon given information about planets in the solar system.
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Math Drills

Math Drills: Fractions Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Download and print these worksheets to sharpen your skills working with fractions. Worksheets focus on modeling fractions, ratios and proportions, comparing, ordering, simplifying, converting, and order of operations.
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Math.com

Math.com: Similar Figures

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This example provides a clear explanation of how to compare figures to see if they are similar and the formula to determine if the ratios are equal. Interactive practice activities are provided.
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Other

All Elementary Mathematics: Proportionality and Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the mathematical relationship between ratio, proportion, and proportionality. Examples are included.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fractions as Percents Grade 7

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write fractions as percents by using proportions and equal ratios.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp,ee Gotham City Taxis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to solve a multi-step ratio problem that can be approached in many ways. The site includes a task and the solution.
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Other

P.u.e.m.a.c.: Que Es La Razon Aurea?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to calculate the Golden Ratio in this exercise.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee,rp 7.ee,rp Anna in d.c.

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to solve a multi-step percentage problem that can be approached in many ways. Because the tax and tip in this problem are a fixed percentage of the cost of the meal, the total...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Sore Throats, Variation 2

For Teachers 8th Standards
For this task where two saltwater solutions are compared, 8th graders must find equivalent ratios, write an equation that works for both solutions, draw the equation's graph, and interpret the slope as a unit rate. Aligns with 8.EE.B.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Tax and Tip

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site provides a problem with completed solutions for that problem. This problem covers the topic of sales tax and tips. The problem aligns with 7.RP.A.3.

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