STANDARDS

CCSS: 6.RP.A.3.C

TEKS: 6.5B

Winter in the City

December 2021 / January 2022

by Karina Hamalainen • Illustration by Tatsiana Burgaud

Analyze this scene to answer the math questions below.

Writing Ratios

Use the picture to find the following ratios. Write your answers in simplest form. Record your work and answers on our answer sheet.

What’s the ratio of people shopping with their pets to people holding hot cocoa?

What’s the ratio of pets on leashes to total animals in the scene?

What’s the ratio of total people in the scene to singing carolers?

NEED A HAND?

Ratios are comparisons between two quantities.

Here is a set of candy canes:

Parts: 4 striped, 2 solid
Whole: 4 + 2 = 6

Part-to-Part
What is the ratio of striped to solid candy canes?
4:2 = 2:1

Part-to-Whole
What is the ratio of striped to total candy canes?
4:6 = 2:3

Whole-to-Part
What is the ratio of total candy canes to solid candy canes?
6:2 = 3:1

Ratios & Proportions

Ratios

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