RATIO & PROPORTION LESSON PLAN

 

Teaching Materials

• Lesson - Ratio and Proportion (see below for printable lesson)

• Prepared Examples

• Overhead

Lesson Activity:

1. Talk about comparisons we make of everyday things – relationships between things
• ask class for terms used to describe these relationships
2. Introduce concept of ratio
   • present in terms of numbers of males in the class to females
   • present in first two forms x to y, x:y
   • work through examples
3. Talk about the fraction form of a ratio x/y
   • reduce to lowest terms
   • work through examples
4. Introduce rates
   • compare quantities that are not alike
   • ask for examples of rates
   • demonstrate using the common rate calculation for speed
   • work through examples
   • Work through examples solving for different variables
5. Introduce proportions
   • explain the concept
   • explain means and extremes
6. Introduce property of proportion
   • explain cross product
   • work through examples

Assessment/Evaluation
Have students complete the worksheet. A passing grade is 70% or greater.

 

 

 

 

Lesson Printable Materials - Worksheets

Print out the teaching lesson pages and exercise worksheets for use with this lesson:

BASIC MATH - RATIO AND PROPORTION
	Ratio and Proportion Lesson and Worksheet * Printable lesson worksheet and questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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