1. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Ratios and Proportion Adult Numeracy N1/L2.3: Understand ratio written in the form 3:2 Understand how to work out the number of parts in a given ratio, and the value of one part Functional Mathematics Level 2: Understand, use and calculate ratio and proportion, including problems involving scale. Understand ratio written in the form 3:2, sharing £60 in the ratio 3:2. Understand how to work out the number of parts in a given ratio, and the value of 1 part. For example, the total cost for a job is £200. If the ratio between labour and materials is 5:3, how much was the labour? Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College. ping.keith@googlemail.comwww.skillsworkshop.org ping.keith@googlemail.com To see more of Keith’s resources visit http://www.slideshare.net/keithpeterhttp://www.slideshare.net/keithpeter

2. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com 3:2

3. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com 3:2 3 parts water

4. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com 3:2 2 parts orange juice 3 parts water

5. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com 3:2 2 parts orange juice 3 parts water 3 + 2 = 5 equal parts…

6. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Find value of one share if you know the value of the whole amount…

7. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £??

8. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £?? How did you work it out?

9. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £70 350 ÷ 5 = 70

10. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £70

11. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £70 3  70 = 210

12. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £210

13. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £350 £210£??

14. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Find value of one share if you know the value of the other share…

15. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £20

16. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £20??

17. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £20£30

18. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £20£30 How did you work it out?

19. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Try these problems, some in pictures and some in words…

20. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Jim’sJemima’s Write down the ratio using the colon notation…

21. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £800 Jim’sJemima’s Find the value of Jim and Jemima’s shares…

22. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com £?? £280 Find the value of the whole amount and the missing share… £??

23. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Write down the ratio using the smallest whole numbers you can…

24. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com How much cous-cous and water do you need for two servings?

25. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Write the ratio of (dry) cous-cous to water in its lowest terms

26. Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College, ping.keith@googlemail.com Algernon wants to make 800g of cooked cous-cous. How much dry cous-cous does he need? And how much water in ml?