FORM 2

How many ants compare to spider?

Ants : Spiders = 7 : 4 or

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The Concept Of Ratio Of Two QuantitiesLearning Outcomes

State whether two pairs of quantities are a proportion.

Determine if a quantity is proportional to another quantity

Simplify ratio

A Ratio is a comparison of twoquantities of the same kind.

The ratio of X to Y is written as

X : Y or

Example : The ratio of 6 flies to 7

flies is written as 6 : 7 or

YX

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Basic Ratio Model

The ratio of A : B is 5 : 7

AB

2 : 3

2 : 3

ExampleWrite the ratios in the form of a : b or

ba

Ratio a : b

Eg: 15 : 20 15 : 20 = 3 : 4

12 : 36

RM 5 : 60 sen

28 min : 1 hour

ba

2015

43

=

ExampleWrite the ratios in the form of a : b or

ba

Ratio a : b

Eg : 15 : 20 15 : 20 = 3 : 4 =

12 : 36

RM 5 : 60 sen =

28 min : 1 hour =

ba

2015

43

3612

31

60500

325

6028

157

12 : 36 = 1 : 3

500 sen : 60 sen = 25 : 3

28 min : 60 min = 7 : 15

=

Do you like chocolate?

Ali and Ahmad also like chocolate !!!!

Ali and Ahmad have two bars of chocolate of the same size respectively. Ahmad eat 1 out of the 4

slices. Ali eat 2 out of the 8 slices.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 2 3 4

Ahmad’s chocolate

Ali’s chocolate

What is the ratio of chocolate that Ahmad eat to the whole ?

What is the ratio of chocolate that Ali eat to the whole ?

Do they eat the same amount of chocolate?

1 : 4

2 : 8

Since both of them ate the same amount, therefore, the ratios 1 : 4 and 2 : 8

are equivalent.

1 : 4

2 ÷ 2 : 8 ÷ 2

2 : 8

2 : 8

1 × 2 : 4 × 2

1 : 4

Activitya) The total value of one of the items is given. The ratio of the number of apples to oranges John had is 3:8. If there

are 15 apples, how many oranges are there?

The ratio of the number of apples to oranges John had is 3:8. If there are 40 oranges, how many apples are there?

AO

40 ÷ 8 = 5

5 × 3 = 15

Work in Group

Ratio Equivalent Ratio

Proportion Cross multiplication

Cross multiplication

= a x d b x c

= 1 x 4 = 4 2 x 2 = 4

ba

dc

ba

dc

21

21

42

42

53

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