RatioRevision Guide

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Ratios and fractions

Simplifying ratios

Sharing in a ratio

Map scale

Converting units of area

Converting units of volume

Combining ratios

Probabilities and ratios

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Ratios and fractions

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Girls to boys means we put the 1 girl first.

Example 1

Example 2

Boys to girls means we put the 3 boys first.

Example 3

This means:3 milk chocolates1 dark chocolate

5 white chocolates

TipAdd the numbers

to get the denominator.

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Equivalent ratios and simplifying

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Example: Ratios Example: Fractions

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Divide both partsby common factors

Quick method

Divide both partsby the highest

common factor.

Quick method

Example: Three numbers

7 is the highestcommon factor

of 35, 21 and 49.

Answer

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Sharing in a ratio

Example 1 Example 2

Tina gets 3 potsand Ria gets 4.

The £21 is sharedequally between

the 7 pots.

Example 3

Answer

AnswerHere are the pots

in the ratio 7:2.Callum has 5 more.

The 5 pots containa total of £30.Divide by 5 to find how muchis in each pot.

Multiply £3by the numbers

in the ratio.

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Example 2

Answer

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Map scale

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Example 1

Answer Answer

Key idea

This means 1cmon the map represents20,000cm in real life.

Divide 20,000 by 100to change to metres.

Grade3/4

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Converting units of area

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Area = 100 x 100 Area = 10,000cm

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Area = 1000 x 1000 Area = 1,000,000m

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Area = 10 x 10 Area = 100mm

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Square metres to square centimetres

Square kilometres to square metres

Square centimetres to square millimetres

Why?

Why?

Why?Change the lengths of a square metre

to centimetres.

Then calculatethe new area!

Change the lengths of a

square kilometre to metres.

Then calculatethe new area!

Change the lengths of a

square centimetre to millimetres. Then calculate

the new area!

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Volume = 10 x 10 x 10 Volume = 1000mm

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Volume = 100 x 100 x 100 Volume = 1,000,000cm

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Why?

Why?

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Converting units of volume

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Cubic centimetres to cubic millimetres

Cubic metres to cubic centimetres

Change the lengths of a

cubic centimetre to millimetres.

Then calculatethe new volume

Change the lengths of a cubic metre

to centimetres.

Then calculatethe new volume

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Combining ratios

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Example 1 Answer

Example 2

Answer

First rearrangeto find the ratio

b:c

Then combinethe ratios

like before.

b is commonto both ratios. 10 is the lowest

common multipleof 5 and 2.

Make the b parts of the ratios 10.

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Probabilities and ratio

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Example

Answer

First change theprobability toa percentage.

Then subtract from

100% and share in the ratio 7:8.

This is because

probabilities mustadd up to 100%.

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