CHAPTER 6 - MILLIONS AND BILLIONS (MB)
Ratio and Proportion

Students will know...
...how to write and simplify ratios
...how to set up and solve proportions involving percents, discount rates, maps, scale models, similar geometric figures, and unit rates
...how to find common percentages

Students will...
...be able to set up and solve proportions in everyday life problems involving percents, discount rates, maps and scale models

Activities
  • Set up and solve proportions for problems and situations including:
    • Distance
    • Rate
    • Time
    • Unit Rate
    • Percent
    • Discount
    • Scale Drawings
    • Models (maps, geometric figures and currency exchange)
  • Change fractions to decimals using division
  • Estimate and calculate percents
  • Estimate and calculate probability
  • Find the LCM for pairs of integers
  • Calculate probabilities of complementary events

Students will show their understanding by...
...notebook checks
...tests (pair, individual, team)
...classroom written work
...classroom discussions
...written homework
...quizzes (pair, team, and individual)
...participation in games

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