Ratios and Proportional Reasoning · Ratios and Proportional Relationships

The Concept of Ratio

Understanding the relationship between two quantities and using ratio language to describe them.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does a ratio differ from a simple count of objects?
  2. 2Why can the same relationship be described using different numbers?
  3. 3When is it more useful to compare quantities relatively rather than absolutely?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.1
Grade: 6th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Ratios and Proportional Reasoning
Period: Ratios and Proportional Relationships

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