6.1 Ratios And Rates Worksheet - Professor Busken printable pdf download

6.1 Ratios And Rates Worksheet - Professor Busken

Professor Busken – 6.1 Ratios and Rates

Objectives:

A Write Ratios as Fractions

C Find Unit Rates

B Write Rates as Fractions

D Find Unit Prices

Deﬁnition 1. A ratio is the quotient of two quantities. We write the ratio of 3 to 4 as

3 to 4 or

or 3:4.

However, we will use fraction notation to write ratios. Suppose a and b are both nonzero

numbers. The ratio of a to b is

not

Write each ratio as a fraction in simplest form.

6 to 24

2 to 12

to 1

1.68 miles to 4.8 miles

37 gallons to 0.001 gallons

1.6 meters to 0.16 meters

Deﬁnition 2. A rate is a special type of kind of ratio. It is used to compare diﬀerent

kinds of quantities. Whenever we write rates as fractions we always include the units.

For example, a recreational runner can run 4 miles in 44 minutes. We can write this rate

as the fraction

4 miles

1 miles

44 minutes

11 minutes

Write each rate as a fraction in simplest form.

295 miles on 15 gallons

6.1 Ratios And Rates Worksheet - Professor Busken