1. Domain: Ratios and Proportional Relationships Activity: Name the Ratio 6th Grade

2. Today we will be discussing ratios. Grab the sheet from the desk
Today we will be discussing ratios. Grab the sheet from the desk. Think- pair – share with your neighbor on the following questions:
What do you already know about ratios?
When do we use ratios in the “real world”?
Other powerpoint (types of Ratios) and Scavenger hunt (check after); bad date video

3. Directions:
For each picture, write a sentence to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
Name the ratio using math symbols.
Identify the type of ratio.

4. Types of Ratios
Part to Part
Part to Whole
Whole to Part

5. Ways to Write Ratios
3 to 5
3:5
3/5

6. 1. Stars to moons.

7. 2. Bugs to grasshoppers.

8. 3. Cones to scoops of ice cream.

9. 4. Puppies to kittens.

10. 5. Apples to pieces of fruit.

11. 6. Clownfish to starfish.

12. 7. Yellow cars to red cars.

13. 8. Satellites to cell phones.

14. 9. Sneakers to basketballs.

15. Pizzas to delivery people.

16. Wheels to bicycles.

17. Skateboards to things with wheels.

18. 1) 5 out of 10 students know Spanish. Write as a ratio.
What type of ratio is this?
2) It rained 6 out of the last 10 days in April. Write as a ratio.
3) Out of 15 runners, 13 finished the race. Write as a ratio.
4) We planted 8 sunflowers and 10 hollyhocks. Write as a ratio.
5) Mika collected 3 ladybugs, 4 caterpillars, and 5 pill bugs. Write a ratio of ladybugs to total bugs.
6) Dominic has 2 skateboards, 1 dirt bike, and 3 race bikes. Write as a ratio of dirt bikes to race bikes.