Ratio of Boys to Girls

Use the information provided to find the ratio of boys to girls. Tasks like these help build appropriate connections between ratios and fractions. Students often write ratios as fractions, but in fact we reserve fractions to represent numbers or quantities rather than relationships between quantities. In some textbooks, a distinction is made between a ratio, which is assumed to have a common unit for both quantities, and a rate, which is defined to be a quotient of two quantities with different units (e.g. a ratio of the number of miles to the number of hours).
Resource ID#: 42766 Type: Problem-Solving Task
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 6
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 5 Minute(s)
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Instructional Component Type(s): Problem-Solving Task
Resource Collection: Illustrative Mathematics

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