Introduction to Ratios for the SMART Board

Introduction to Ratios for the SMART Board

This interactive SMART Board Ratios lesson is Common Core aligned and takes ratios one step further for deeper meaning and synthesis. Concepts learned allow for more rigorous understanding of ratios. Additionally, this lesson includes differentiated problems for multiple levels of learning, an interactive Test Prep slide, Math Journal prompts, and a Scavenger Hunt activity for use in the classroom.

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Common Core State Standards Addressed:

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

1. Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”

Number & Operations—Fractions 1

Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

1. Understand a fraction 1 / b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1 / b.

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