NOTETAKING

Have students copy the summary

on this page into their note-
books. As they are doing this, Methods for Solving a Proportion
point out that the same propor-
5 x
tion is being solved using each To solve the proportion ᎏᎏ ⴝ ᎏᎏ, use one of the following:
method. Ask students which Note Worthy 12 36

method they prefer, or which Equivalent ratios

The main ideas from Lessons
method they would use for pro- 6.2 and 6.3 are summarized 5 x 5 ⴛ3 15
ᎏᎏ ᎏᎏ ᎏᎏ ᎏᎏ
portions containing values that at the right. You may want to 12 ⴛ3 36 12 36
are more difficult to multiply and include a summary like this
one in your notes. Algebra
divide mentally.
5 x
36 p ᎏᎏ ⫽ 36 p ᎏᎏ Multiply each side by 36.
12 36
15 ⫽ x Simplify.
C ONCEPT C HECK
How do you determine that two Cross products
ratios do not form a proportion? 5 p 36 ⫽ 12x Cross products property
If the cross products of the
15 ⫽ x Divide each side by 12.
ratios are not equal, they do not
form a proportion.

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Calvin has 10 coins in his hand 6.3 Exercises INTERNET
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change for a nickel, a dime, a quar-

ter, a half dollar, or a dollar. What
coins does he have in his hand?
4 pennies, 4 dimes, 1 quarter,
Guided Practice
and 1 half dollar Vocabulary Check
3 9
1. Find the cross products of the proportion ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ. 3 p 12 and 4 p 9
4 12
2. Explain how to use cross products to determine if two ratios are equal.
See margin.
Skill Check Tell whether the ratios form a proportion.
5 10 9 3 40 8 6 12
2. Sample answer: Find the 3. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ yes 4. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no 5. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ yes 6. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no
8 16 32 8 125 25 9 16
cross products. If the cross
products are equal, the ratios Use the cross products property to solve the proportion.
are equal.
24 2 60 12 0.8 3.2 1.6 8
7. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 3 8. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 3 9. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 2 10. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 5
36 x 15 y a 8 b 25
Guided Problem Solving 11. Long Distance You made a 12 minute phone call using a calling card.
The call cost $.66. There is $1.21 left on your calling card. The cost per
minute of long distance calls is constant. How many more minutes can
you talk long distance using your calling card? $.66
ᎏᎏ
Cost of phone call 12 min
1 Write a ratio of the form ᎏᎏᎏ for the phone call.
Minutes of phone call
2 Let m represent the number of minutes you can talk for $1.21.
$1.21
Write a ratio of the same form as the one in Step 1. ᎏ ᎏ
m min
3 Use the two ratios to write a proportion. Solve the proportion.
$.66 $1.21
ᎏᎏ ⴝ ᎏᎏ; 22 min
12 min m min
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Tell whether the ratios form a proportion.
Homework Help Day 1: pp. 283–284 Exs. 12–27,
12 18 42 63 28 42 45 9 33–35, 37–40, 45–55
A 12. ᎏ30ᎏ, ᎏ45ᎏ yes 13. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no
20 60
14. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no
8 6
15. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no
35 21
Example Exercises Average Course
1 12–19, 32 40 60 588 84 70 50 75 15 Day 1: pp. 283–284 Exs. 16–23,
2 20–31, 33–35, 16. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no 17. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ no 18. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ yes 19. ᎏᎏ, ᎏᎏ yes
210 630 105 20 147 105 40 8 28–36, 39–43, 46–55
42
Solve the proportion. Advanced Course
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40 5 105 y 12 8 21 12
39–43, 46–55 (with 6.2)
7 0.6 26 13 51 n 1.4 4
28. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 35 29. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 0.8 30. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 60 31. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 3
m 3 p 0.4 3.4 4 1.05 r
32. No. Sample answer: The 32. Drink Mix A store is selling powdered drink mix in two different sizes.
$2.25 $7 You can buy 10 ounces for $2.25, or you can buy 35 ounces for $7. Are E XTRA P RACTICE
rates ᎏᎏ and ᎏᎏ do
10 oz 35 ounces the two rates equivalent? Explain. ● Student Edition, p. 808
not form a proportion because ● Chapter 6 Resource Book,
the cross products of the 33. Gasoline You paid $5 at a gas station for 3 gallons of gasoline.
2.25 7
pp. 26–28
ratios ᎏᎏ and ᎏᎏ are not a. How much would 12 gallons of gasoline cost? $20 ● Test and Practice Generator
10 35
equal: 2.25 p 35 ⴝ 10 p 7. b. How much gasoline can you buy for $30? 18 gal
34. Biking You travel 24 miles in 2 hours while biking. T RANSPARENCY
a. At this rate, how far can you bike in 5 hours? 60 mi Even-numbered answers are avail-
b. At this rate, how long will it take to bike 30 miles? Write your answer able on transparencies.
in hours and minutes. 2 h 30 min
35. Gold Jewelers often mix gold with other metals. A karat is a unit of H OMEWORK C HECK
measure that compares the mass of the gold in an object with the mass
of the object. Karats are expressed as a number that is understood to When you review students’ homework
be the numerator of a ratio whose denominator is 24. For example, for this lesson, go over the following
24 karat gold means an object is pure gold, and 18 karat gold means exercises to check understanding of
18 3 key concepts.
that ᎏᎏ, or ᎏᎏ, of the object’s mass is gold. Basic: 12, 17, 20, 26, 33
24 4
Average: 16, 18, 20, 30, 34
a. A 15 karat gold ring has a mass of 200 grams. How much gold is in
Advanced: 18, 20, 23, 32, 35
the ring? 125 g
b. An 18 karat gold bracelet contains 27 grams of gold. What is the
mass of the bracelet? 36 g T EACHING T IP
6 x
In the Real World 36. Writing Describe three ways you could solve the proportion ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ. In Exercises 12–19, some students
10 40
Gold Gold is heated in a See margin. may be confused by ratios whose
Find the value of x. numerator is greater than the
crucible and poured into a mold
to form gold bars. Suppose a B 37. ᎏ 36 18 39 21 15 ⫺ x 15 28 x⫺8 denominator. Stress that the cross
ᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 22 38. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 6 39. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 6 40. ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ 43
gold bar weighs 400 ounces 54 x⫹5 x⫹7 7 45 75 16 20 products property still applies.
and the price of gold on a given
day is $322 per ounce. How 41. Critical Thinking Use the cross products property to show that if
much is the bar of gold worth? a c d b
ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ, then ᎏᎏ ⫽ ᎏᎏ. See margin.
36, 41. See Additional Answers
$128,800 b d c a beginning on page AA1.

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A SSESSMENT R ESOURCES 42. Extended Problem Solving The tables show ingredients needed to
For more assessment resources, see: make colored glass. Use the numbers in the Parts columns to form
●Assessment Book ratios comparing the masses of ingredients. For example, if you use
●Test and Practice Generator 65 grams of sand to make yellow glass, you need 3 grams of chalk.

Red Glass Yellow Glass

M INI -QUIZ Ingredients Parts Ingredients Parts
Tell whether the ratios form a Sand 50 Sand 65
proportion.
Red lead 100 Soda ash 25
3 9
1. ,  yes Copper oxide 3 Chalk 3
14 42
19 75 Ferric oxide 3 Wood charcoal 1
2. ,  no
24 96
Solve the proportion. a. Calculate A piece of red glass contains 60 grams of sand. How
3 36 much ferric oxide does it contain? 3.6 g
3. 
 5
b 60 b. Calculate A piece of yellow glass contains 31 kilograms of soda ash.
81 f How much chalk does it contain? 3.72 kg
4. 
 18
63 14 Saffron and Red Tower c. Compare Which has more sand: red glass with 200 grams of red
5. Challenge For what whole num- is a glass sculpture by
lead, or yellow glass with 4 grams of wood charcoal? Explain.
ber values of a less than 25 will Dale Chihuly.
the value of x in the proportion a 3 b
42c. The yellow glass. C 43. Critical Thinking The ratio  is equivalent to . The ratio  is equivalent
a x b 4 c

 be an integer? a
2, Sample answer: To find the 4 a
to . What is the ratio  equivalent to? Explain. See margin.
x 2 5 c
amount of sand in the red
8, 18 glass, solve the proportion
100 200 44. Challenge For a half circle like the one shown below, if you know

 to get x
100. To
50 x a x
5 FOLLOW-UP lengths a and b, then length x can be found by solving 
.
find the amount of sand in x b
the yellow glass, solve the
D IAGNOSIS /R EMEDIATION 1 4
proportion 
 to get a. Let a
9 and b
4. What is the value of x? 6
65 x x
● Study Guide in Chapter 6 x
260. 260 > 100, so the b. Let a
18 and b
8. What is the value of x?
Resource Book, pp. 29–30 yellow glass has more sand. 12 a b
c. In terms of x, what does ab equal? x 2
● Tutor Place, Ratio, Proportion,
and Percent Cards 4, 5 45–47. Check
● eTutorial Plus Online Mixed Review Use a ruler to draw a segment with the given length. (p. 787) student’s work.
Extra Practice, p. 808 3 45. 1.2 centimeters 46. 3.5 centimeters 47. 0.2 centimeters
● 43. . Sample answer: Forming
5
● Lesson Practice in Chapter 6 cross products gives 4a
3b Write the number in scientific notation. (Lesson 4.7)
Resource Book, pp. 26–28 and 4c
5b. I noticed that
48. 34,000,000,000 49. 5,001,000 50. 0.000000000672
a 4a
because 
, I could
c 4c 3.4  1010 5.001  10 6 6.72  1010
Write the ratio in simplest form. (Lesson 6.1)
E NGLISH L EARNER S UPPORT substitute 3b for 4a and 5b for
51. 8 to 18 4 to 9 52. 6 : 22 3 : 11
14 7
53.  12
a 3b 3
● Spanish Study Guide 4c and write 

. 24
c 5b 5
● Multi-Language Visual Glossary 90 27
● Chapter Audio Summaries CDs Standardized Test 54. Multiple Choice Solve the proportion 
. B
y 12
Practice
A. 3.6 B. 40 C. 90 D. 1080
C HALLENGE 55. Multiple Choice Last week you saved $24. At this rate, how many weeks
● Challenge Practice in Chapter 6 will it take you to save $600? H
Resource Book, p. 32 F. 24 days G. 14,400 weeks H. 25 weeks I. 15 weeks
● Teacher’s Edition, p. 266F
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