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Unit 3 · Standard 6.AT.1

🔑 Understand Ratios — Vocab Explorer

Lesson 3-1 · Learn the words, then practice them

① Word Wall

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Illustration of Understand Ratios: Use a ratio to compare two quantities by division.
Understand Ratios

ES Comprender razones

Use a ratio to compare two quantities by division.

Usar una razón para comparar dos cantidades mediante la división.

Illustration of Ratio: A way to compare two amounts, like 3 to 2.
Ratio

ES Razón

A way to compare two amounts, like 3 to 2.

Una manera de comparar dos cantidades, como 3 a 2.

Illustration of Comparison: Looking at two or more amounts to see how they are related.
Comparison

ES Comparación

Looking at two or more amounts to see how they are related.

Mirar dos o más cantidades para ver cómo se relacionan.

Illustration of Part-to-part: A ratio comparing one part of a group to another part.
Part-to-part

ES Parte a parte

A ratio comparing one part of a group to another part.

Una razón que compara una parte de un grupo con otra parte.

Illustration of Part-to-whole: A ratio comparing one part to the whole group.
Part-to-whole

ES Parte a todo

A ratio comparing one part to the whole group.

Una razón que compara una parte con todo el grupo.

Illustration of Colon notation: Writing a ratio with two dots between the numbers, like 3:2.
Colon notation

ES Notación con dos puntos

Writing a ratio with two dots between the numbers, like 3:2.

Escribir una razón con dos puntos entre los números, como 3:2.

Illustration of Tape diagram: A bar cut into equal parts that shows how two amounts in a ratio compare, and how they make up the whole.
Tape diagram

ES Diagrama de cintas

A bar cut into equal parts that shows how two amounts in a ratio compare, and how they make up the whole.

Una barra dividida en partes iguales que muestra cómo se comparan dos cantidades de una razón y cómo forman el total.

Illustration of Double number line: Two number lines lined up so matching tick marks show the two quantities in a ratio at the same time.
Double number line

ES Recta numérica doble

Two number lines lined up so matching tick marks show the two quantities in a ratio at the same time.

Dos rectas numéricas alineadas para que las marcas correspondientes muestren las dos cantidades de una razón al mismo tiempo.

Illustration of Term: One of the two numbers in a ratio.
Term

ES Término

One of the two numbers in a ratio.

Uno de los dos números en una razón.

Illustration of Simplest form: A ratio whose terms have been divided by the largest number that divides both.
Simplest form

ES Forma más simple

A ratio whose terms have been divided by the largest number that divides both.

Una razón cuyos términos se han dividido entre el mayor número que divide a ambos.

Illustration of Total parts: The two terms of a ratio added together.
Total parts

ES Partes totales

The two terms of a ratio added together.

Los dos términos de una razón sumados.

② Match it

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③ Fill in the blank

Use the word bank to finish each sentence.

Word bank
Understand RatiosRatioComparisonPart-to-partPart-to-wholeColon notationTape diagramDouble number lineTermSimplest formTotal parts
  1. 1A comparison of two quantities by division is a .
  2. 2A comparison of two quantities, like 3 to 5, is a .
  3. 3Showing how two amounts relate to each other is a .
  4. 4A ratio that compares one part of a group to another part is a ratio.
  5. 5A ratio that compares one part of a group to the total is a ratio.
  6. 6Writing a ratio with a colon, like 3:5, is using .
  7. 7A bar cut into equal parts that shows how a ratio breaks apart is a .
  8. 8Two lines whose matching ticks pair the two amounts in a ratio form a .
  9. 9Each of the two numbers in a ratio is a .
  10. 106 : 9 written as 2 : 3 is in .
  11. 11Adding the two terms of a ratio gives the .

④ Use it in a sentence

Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.

A is .