Class 718Unit 2 · Sub-Unit 1This Week

Equivalent Ratios

Proportional Relationships in Tables

Resource: Amplify Desmos Math · Standards: NY-6.RP.3a → NY-7.RP.2, NY-7.RP.2a

🔑 Lesson Takeaway

There are many ways to create equivalent ratios — including multiplying the numbers in a ratio by the same value, or dividing the numbers by the same value.

Essential Question

How do we generate equivalent ratios?

Learning Target

I can generate equivalent ratios.

Expected Learning Outcomes (ELOs) — Students Will Be Able To:

1Understand what makes two or more ratios equivalent.
2Generate equivalent ratios.
3Use tables to recognize proportional relationships.
4Describe the relationship between values in a table using the vocabulary: proportional and non-proportional.

Academic Vocabulary

proportional relationshipequivalentratioproportionalnon-proportional

Demonstrate Understanding By…

Matching different amounts of paint that result in the same color.
Identifying proportional and non-proportional relationships in tables.

Communicate Your Learning (W.A.V.E.) — Sentence Starters

______________ are equivalent because ______________.

______________ are proportional because ______________.

______________ are not proportional because ______________.

Think About It — Discussion Questions

1How can we use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems?
2Does thinking of a fraction as representing a part of a dollar help?
3Can finding the "monetary value" as a "decimal number" assist with finding equivalent fractions?

Assessments

Formative: Responses and group discussions on the essential question; observations, partner discussions, and walk-around data.
Summative: Future unit/module test covering today's topic.

Standards

Building On: NY-6.RP.3a
Addressing: MP6, MP7
Building Toward: NY-7.RP.2, NY-7.RP.2a

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