Ratio

There are 366 different Starters of The Day, many to choose from. You will find below some starters on the topic of Ratio. A lesson starter does not have to be on the same topic as the main part of the lesson or the topic of the previous lesson. It is often very useful to revise or explore other concepts by using a starter based on a totally different area of Mathematics.

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Ratio Starters:

Aunty Dotty

A real life situation requiring the division an amount of money according to a given ratio.

Missing Square Puzzle

The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used to help students reason about geometrical figures.

Plant More Trees

If six girls can plant 90 trees in a day. How many trees can ten girls plant in a day? The unitary method.

What are they?

A starter about sums, products, differences, ratios, square and prime numbers.

Advanced Ratio Starters

 

Exercises

Algebra In Action

Algebra In Action

Real life problems adapted from an old Mathematics textbook which can be solved using algebra.

Direct and Inverse Proportion

Direct and Inverse Proportion

A self-marking exercise in solving direct and inverse variation problems.

Dividing in a Ratio

Dividing in a Ratio

A slide presentation showing how to divide a quantity in a given ratio

Double, Double, Halve and Treble

Double, Double, Halve and Treble

Questions about scaling up the ingredients in the correct proportion for the witch's brew at Hallowe'en.

Map Scales

Map Scales

Test your understanding of map scales expressed as ratios with this self marking quiz.

Pattern Clues

Pattern Clues

An interactive activity challenging you to reproduce a pattern of coloured squares according to given clues.

Ratio

Ratio

A self marking exercise on using ratio notation, reducing a ratio to its simplest form and dividing a given quantity into a number of parts in proportion to a given ratio.

Ratio Clues

Ratio Clues

Arrange the ratio clues in the clouds in a logical order to work out the values of the twelve letters.

Ratios vs Fractions

Ratios vs Fractions

Relate the language of ratios and the associated calculations to the arithmetic of fractions.

Recipe Ratios

Recipe Ratios

Learn the mathematics required to adapt recipes to serve a different number of people.

Scale Drawings

Scale Drawings

Measure line segments and angles in geometric figures, including interpreting scale drawings.

Similar Shapes

Similar Shapes

Questions about the scale factors of lengths, areas and volumes of similar shapes.

Unit Pricing

Unit Pricing

Calculate the unit cost of items to earn jigsaw pieces that make a joke.

Unitary Method

Unitary Method

Ten questions which can be solved using the unitary method.

 

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