Curated OER
Candy Machine
Using the concept of a candy vending machine, young mathematicians explore the sugar ratios found in different types of candy. Using the provided information, class members calculate and compare different ratios in...
Curated OER
Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 6 Math)
Keep track of your sixth graders' mastery of the Common Core math standards with this practice assessment. Taking a different approach than most standardized tests, this resource includes not only multiple choice questions, but also...
Center for Math and Science Education
Solar System Launch
Trying to understand the vastness of outer space can be quite a challenge for young scientists. Help put things in perspective with this cross-curricular activity as students work in pairs creating scaled models of...
Math Worksheets Land
Holiday Ratios
Add some holiday cheer to your math lessons with this problem-solving worksheet. From problems comparing the number of ears and legs of Santa's reindeer, to finding the ratio of colored lights on a Christmas tree, a...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Proportions
Join Zoe and Sam as they use proportions to budget money for their Green Earth Club. Watch as they set up and solve a series of proportions using cross multiplication and division. A great resource that brings together prior knowledge of...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Rate
Zoe is reading books over vacation and wants to know at her current rate, how many will she finish by the end. Building on prior knowledge of fractions and ratios, young mathematicians learn how equivalent rates are used to answer her...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Rates - Practice 18.3
Rates per unit of time, unit rates, and the distance and lengths of trips are solved in this 18-question assignment. Neatly presented, these questions provide your middle school mathematicians practice with unit rate skills.
Math Can Take You Places
Picture This
Engage scholars in a ratio lesson that employs real-world scenarios. Learners will compare the length and width of pictures and use a table to identify ratio patterns. They watch "Math Can Take You Places" and discuss jobs that use math...
Noyce Foundation
Candy Fractions
While examining fractions and ratios, your leaners get to read about one of their favorite subjects: candy! There are four word problems on this worksheet. Learners consider situations in which "for every x caramels there are y...
Teach Engineering
Discovering Phi: The Golden Ratio
Fe, phi, fo, fum. This activity leads pairs to find the ratio of consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence. The pairs find that the Fibonacci sequence can be found in many places. A discussion with the class shows that the ratios...
Florida Center for Instructional Technology
Integrating Mathematics into Literature
You class will read Cucumber Soup by Vickie Leigh Krudwig as an anticipatory set for this lesson on ratios. They make models of the insects in the story and then use them as a source of data for this ratio and proportion lesson. This...
Texas Instruments
What's the Scale?
Pupils will analyze scales as related to models and real life in this geometry lesson. They work together to compare the dimensions on a model as compared to the real building.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios 2
The randomly generated questions examine ratios. Students answer the multiple choice questions which include hints and solutions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios and Rates
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are simplifying ratios, solving ratios, and rates.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios 3
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are ratios in simplest form, ratio comparisons, and equivalent ratios.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 6.rp.3c Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts, useage of ratio reasoning, and percentages.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Ratios
Explains the basic terminology and formatting of ratios, and demonstrates how to solve typical exercises.
Other
Macomb Intermediate School District: Mathematics: Ratios and Rates [Pdf]
Activities for students that allow them to explore the concept of comparing ratios and unit rates using real-world scenarios.