Clarify complex math concepts with a helpful video. Learners view ways to work with ratios and proportions while discussing vocabulary and notation. After solving proportions, they apply the new strategy to word problems.

Concepts

rates, proportions, ratios, solving equations, math modeling

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide time stamps for a substitute to stop the video and allow pupils to complete the guided practice examples
• Assign the video as homework and use class time for pupils to complete problems, allowing more time for questions in class

Classroom Considerations

• Requires Internet access to view the YouTube video

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Contains examples for guided practice
• Includes real-world examples that use proportions to solve

Cons

• Uses cross multiply as a method of solving proportions in place of the Multiplication Property of Equality

Common Core

HSN-Q.A.2