Lesson Plan

Finding Equivalent Ratios Given the Total Quantity

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Complete incomplete tables by using proportions. Pupils use information provided to complete tables based on proportions. Class members use their knowledge of part-to-part ratios and totals to find the missing information.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Review how to solve a one-step equation using the multiplicative inverse
  • Project the incomplete tables on the whiteboard and have class members fill in the missing information
Classroom Considerations
  • Learners should be comfortable working with fractions and mixed numbers
  • The lesson is the 13th installment in a 22-part series
Pros
  • The answer key for the in-class exercise shows the steps needed to find the solutions
  • The resource shows how students can use bar models to solve the problems
Cons
  • None
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