A proportion is a statement of equality of two or more ratios Remember: A ratio is a comparison of two numbers by division
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Find the two things you are comparing!! First Step:
Suppose it takes 48 chicken fingers to feed Mr. Young’s 4th grade class of 20 students. How many chicken fingers would be needed for 30 students?
And the answer is……. Chicken Fingers and Students Chicken Fingers Students OR Students Chicken Fingers As a Ratio this looks like…..
Jane ran 100 meters in 15 seconds. How long did she take to run 1 meter?
And the Answer is…. Meters and Seconds MetersSeconds OR SecondsMeters As a Ratio this looks like…..
A car travels 125 miles in 3 hours. How far would it travel in 5 hours?
And the answer is…. Miles and Hours As a Ratio this looks like….. MilesHours OR Hours Miles
Make the two ratios (fractions) that you know Second Step:
Suppose it takes 48 chicken fingers to feed Mr. Young’s 4th grade class of 20 students. How many chicken fingers would be needed for 30 students? First Step: Chicken FingersStudents OR StudentsChicken Fingers
Suppose it takes 48 chicken fingers to feed Mr. Young’s 4th grade class of 20 students. How many chicken fingers would be needed for 30 students? And the answer is…. Chicken Fingers48 X AND Students20 30
FYI Can you flip the ratio so that students were on top and chicken fingers were on bottom? YES! If you flip the ratios so that students are on top and chicken fingers were on bottom you must just be careful to do this for all your ratios. Therefore then 48/20 would change to 20/48 and x/30 would become 30/x.
Chicken Fingers 48 X AND ---- Students OR Students AND Chicken Fingers 48 X
Jane ran 100 meters in 15 seconds. How long did she take to run 1 meter? MetersSeconds OR SecondsMeters First Step:
Jane ran 100 meters in 15 seconds. How long did she take to run 1 meter? And the answer is….. Meters AND Seconds 15 X
A car travels 125 miles in 3 hours. How far would it travel in 5 hours?
And the answer is….. Miles 125 X AND Hours 3 5
Third Step: Set the two ratios EQUAL to each other
1. Chicken Fingers Students X ---- AND X = Suppose it takes 48 chicken fingers to feed Mr. Young’s 4th grade class of 20 students. How many chicken fingers would be needed for 30 students?
Jane ran 100 meters in 15 seconds. How long did she take to run 1 meter?
And the answer is…… 1.Meters Seconds 2. Meters AND Seconds 15 X = X
A car travels 125 miles in 3 hours. How far would it travel in 5 hours?
And the answer is….. 1. Miles Hours 2. Miles 125 X AND Hours X =
Fourth Step: Cross Multiply
Cross Multiply means that you MULTIPLY DIAGONALLY across….. …….Like crisscross apple sauce when you are sitting And then….. Set the two products (ANSWERS) EQUAL to each other 4X = 63
Fifth Step: Solve for X!!!
48 X =
And the answer is…. 30 students would eat 72 chicken fingers
= X
And the answer is… (100)(X)= (15)(1) 100X= 15 X= 15/100 X=.15 It took Jane.15 seconds to run a meter = X
125 X =
(125)(5) = (3)(X) 625 = 3X 625/3=X X= In 5 hours the car would have traveled miles. 125 X =
Mix 3 liters of water with 4 lemons to make lemonade. How many liters of water are mixed with 8 lemons.
1. What are you comparing? Liters and Lemons LitersLemons OR LemonsLiters Mix 3 liters of water with 4 lemons to make lemonade. How many liters of water are mixed with 8 lemons.
2. What are your two ratios? Liters 3 X AND Lemons Set the two ratios equal to each other 3 X ---- = Mix 3 liters of water with 4 lemons to make lemonade. How many liters of water are mixed with 8 lemons.
4. Cross Multiply 3 X ---- = (4)(X) = (3)(8) Solve 4X= 24 X= 24/4 X= 6 You will need 6 liters of water for 8 lemons.
3 gallons of paint cover 900 square feet. How many gallons will cover 300 square feet?
The answer is 1 gallon of paint for 300 square feet.