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Objective
Solve ratio and rate problems using double number lines, tables, and unit rate.
This lesson reviews concepts and skills from 6th grade standards in the Ratios and Proportions domain. These standards are foundational to
this 7th grade unit, and will support students in later lessons.
In terms of pacing, this lesson may be extended an additional day, depending on the needs of your students.
Standards
Current Standards
Foundational Standards
Anchor Problems
Problem 1
Jack mixes yellow and blue paint to make a green paint that he will use to paint his basement. He uses a ratio of 3 pints of yellow paint for every 2
pints of blue paint. Jack pours 18 pints of yellow paint into a bucket.
a. How many pints of blue paint should Jack add to the bucket? Represent your answer using a double number line.
b. Jack's friend Kyle wants to help paint. Kyle said he has a green paint that is 9 parts yellow paint to 4 parts blue paint. Is Kyle's paint the same
shade green as Jack's? Explain why or why not.
Guiding Questions
What is a ratio? What ratios do you see in this problem?
What are equivalent ratios? What relevance do they have to this context of mixing paint?
How do you set up a double number line? What does it show you? How can you use it to answer ratio problems?
Are the ratios of yellow to blue paint the same for Jack and Kyle's paint?
Problem 2
Terrance bikes 3.6 miles to school in 18 minutes. Jaqueline bikes 5.4 miles to school in 30 minutes. Assuming each student rode at a constant
speed, who is traveling at a faster speed?
Guiding Questions
Are you able to compare the two speeds looking just at the distance traveled? Why or why not?
Are you able to compare the two speeds looking just at the time? Why or why not?
Recall the definition of a unit rate. How is it helpful to find a unit rate in this situation to compare the speeds?
What is the unit rate per minute? Per hour? What does the unit rate tell you about each speed?
Problem 3
At the corner market, you can buy rice by the pound. The table below shows some weights and their corresponding costs.
Guiding Questions
What patterns do you see in the table? Across the rows? Between rows?
How can you use the patterns you see to determine the answers?
What is the unit rate per pound of rice?
How can you use the unit rate to determine the answers?
Are the ratios shown in the table equivalent? Why or why not?
Include problems that incorporate a review of 6th grade ratio and rate concepts, using double number lines and tables, and finding unit rate
Target Task
The distance and time traveled for 4 toy cars is shown in the table below.
Which two cars are traveling at the same constant speed? Show or explain how you determined your answer.
Mastery Response