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Page 1: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

Ratios

Intro to Algebra

Page 2: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

RATIO

A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

Page 3: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

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The baseball game is 2/3 over. Your team is ahead 10 to 3.

Page 4: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

Think of some more real life ratios

Page 5: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

Ratios about our Class

Page 6: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

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In a class of 20 students, 11 are female and 9 are male. Write the following rations to describe the class.

a) Ratio of male to female studentsb) Ratio of female to male studentsc) Ratio of female students to the totald) Ratio of male students to the totale) Ratio of total number of students to femalesf) Ratio of total number of students to males

Page 7: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

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In a collection of 25 CDs, 17 are country music and 8 are classical music. Write the ratio of classical to country music in 3 different ways.

Page 8: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

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Ratios should be simplified (reduced), but never turned into mixed fractions.

Page 9: Ratios Intro to Algebra. RATIO A comparison of two like quantities written in the form of a fraction a/b or a:b (a to b)

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Express the ratios in simplest form:

a) 15: 9

b) 20 : 8