Math Concepts & Skills > Ratio/Proportion

Charmin® Choices
Students determine which toilet tissue is the better buy.

Dear Betty
Students compare two fruit snack products.

Dense Rocks
Students estimate the weight of a rock which cannot physically be weighed.

Double Dilemma
Students determine the probability of using dice to throw doubles 1/3 of the time.

Fat Intake
Using a food diary, students determine how well they've followed the recommended guidelines for percentage of fat in their diets.

Gears
Given three gears, and a number of teeth in two of the three gears, students determine the number of teeth in the third gear.

Newspaper Advertisements
Students are given guidelines for generating a statistical exploration on a topic of their choice.

Olympic Trophy Design
Students design a trophy topped with a scaled figure of the typical middle level student.

Raisins
Students determine how many raisins are in a box.

Sneakers
Given data on recent sneaker sales, students determine an appropriate number to order the following week.

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