Ratios and Proportional Reasoning · Proportional Reasoning

Understanding Ratios and Rates

Introducing ratio language to describe relationships between two quantities and calculating unit rates.

Key Questions

  1. 1What is the difference between an additive comparison and a multiplicative comparison?
  2. 2How does a unit rate simplify the process of comparing two different ratios?
  3. 3In what ways do we use rates to make decisions in daily life?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Number - Grade 6
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Ratios and Proportional Reasoning
Period: Proportional Reasoning

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