28 Expressing Ratio

Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)
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Distance Education for Elementary Schools
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
EXPRESSING RATIO
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EXPRESSING RATIO
Objective:
Express the ratio of two numbers using the appropriate notation
Review
Write the ratio of the following:

1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
pencils to notebooks
notebooks to pencils
pencils to total numbers of things
notebooks to total number of things
a.
b.
c.
d.
eggs to baskets
baskets to eggs
eggs to total number of things
baskets to total things
2.
Study and Learn
There are 7 boys and 8 girls playing

volleyball.
Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
What is the ratio of boys to girls?

What is the ratio of girls to players?
What is the ratio of boys to players?
How do we express ratio of 2 numbers?
The ratio of boys to girls is 7 to 8.

The ratio of girls to boys is 8 to 7.
The ratio of girls to players is 8 to 15.
The ratio of boys to players is 7 to 15.
What are other ways of expressing the ratio of 2 numbers?
Look at this:
7 to 8 can be expressed as 7:8 or
7
8
7 to 15 can be expressed as 7:15 or
7
15
We can express ratio of 2 numbers using a fraction or the symbol __:__.
Try These
Express the ratio of the following in two ways.

Colon
Fraction
1. Noemi has 18 tigers eye marbles and Gali

has 15 agate marbles. What is the ratio of
Noemis marbles to Galis?
2. Laura ran 2 kilometres in 25 minutes. What is
the ratio of time to distance?
3. On Monday, player A won 2 times in 4 chess
games. On Tuesday, he won once in 3 tries.
What is the ratio of total winnings to total
chess games?
4. Candies cost 2 for 3 pieces. What is the
ratio of 3 pieces of candies to the total cost?
5. Jumbo, my dog, had 9 puppies. Four were
black and 5 were white. What is the ratio of
white to black puppies?
Wrap Up
We can express the ratio of two numbers as a fraction or

using the notation ___:___.
On Your Own
Write the ratio of the following:

Colon
Fraction
1. In my mothers flower garden, she has 15

variety of roses and 16 variety of orchids.
What is the ratio of orchids to roses?
2. In item #1, what is the ratio of the variety of
roses to all plants?
3. Devinis hobby is collecting stamps. She had
collected 189 US stamps and 217 Philippine
stamps. What is the ratio of US stamps to the
total of stamps collected?
4. There are 85 Math books and 65 Science
books in the library. What is the ratio of Math
books to Science books?
5. In item #5, what is the ratio of Science books
to Math books?
Check your answer with the answer key.

If you get
4-5
3
0-2
Excellent! You may now proceed to the next lesson.

You need to review the processes you missed.
You need to repeat the whole process. Ask your teacher or elder to
help you.
Key to Correction
EXPRESSING RATIO
REVIEW
6
4
4
b. 4:6 or
6
1) a. 6:4 or
15
2
2
b. 2:15 or
15
15
c. 15:17 or
17
2
d. 2:17 or
17
2) a. 15:2 or
6
10
4
d. 4:10 or
10
c. 6:10 or
TRY THESE
18
15
25
25:2,
2
3
3:7,
7
3
3:2,
2
5
5:4,
4
1) 18:15,
2)
3)
4)
5)
ON YOUR OWN
16
15
15
15:31,
31
189
189:406,
406
85
85:65,
65
65
65:85,
85
1) 16:15,
2)
3)
4)
5)

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Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)

Distance Education for Elementary Schools

BUREAU OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Section 9 of Presidential Decree No. 49 provides:

Express the ratio of two numbers using the appropriate notation

Write the ratio of the following:

Study and Learn

There are 7 boys and 8 girls playing

What is the ratio of boys to girls?

The ratio of boys to girls is 7 to 8.

7 to 15 can be expressed as 7:15 or

We can express ratio of 2 numbers using a fraction or the symbol __:__.

Express the ratio of the following in two ways.

1. Noemi has 18 tigers eye marbles and Gali

We can express the ratio of two numbers as a fraction or

Write the ratio of the following:

1. In my mothers flower garden, she has 15

Check your answer with the answer key.

Excellent! You may now proceed to the next lesson.

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