Practice Activity (1.2) - Chapter 2 : Ratio and Proportion

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Question 1.
Define a ratio and provide an example.
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Think about comparing items in everyday situations.
Question 2.
What is an equivalent ratio for 1:2?
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Multiply both parts of the ratio by the same number.
3Question 3.
What is a ratio?
- A comparison of quantities
- A total amount
- A type of number
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Consider what it means to compare different types of items.
4Question 4.
Proportions indicate that two ratios are equal. True or False?
- True
- False
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Think about what 'proportion' represents.
Question 5.
A student has a bag of marbles in a ratio of 3 red to 2 blue. If there are 15 marbles in total, how many are blue?
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Use a ratio equation to solve for the number of each colored marbles.
Question 6.
Two towns have a ratio of 7:5 in terms of their populations. If town A has 2100 people, what is the population of town B?
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Set up the proportion based on the ratio given.

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