Reasoning with Ratio and Rates

Essential and guiding questions:

Overarching Questions:

What is a ratio?
How are ratios written?
What makes ratios and fractions different?
Are the ratios a and a the same? Why or why not?
What is a unit rate and how can it be used?
Can the two values in a ratio have different units? Explain.
How can we use pictures to solve ratio problems?
What are equivalent ratios? Can you give me some examples? How do we find them?
What types of pictures and organization can we use to help us visualize equivalent ratios?
What types of ratios can represent percentages?
What types of ratios can be used for converting units?

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Understanding

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