Today’s Title.Today’s Date To Learn Through Inquiry30-Jan-16 Copy down the title and the date and underline them. Answer the self assessment questions and identify your start point on the Learning Journey ? / 09 / 15 To Learn through Inquiry.

Ratio and Proportion. I can use ratio to compare one amount to another. I can simplify a ratio. I can compare prices of products to find the ‘best buy.’ I can divide an amount into a given ratio. I can solve problems using ratio in appropriate situations. I understand and can use proportionality. I can find formulae describing direct or inverse proportion and use them to solve problems. Use the self assessment questions to decide what your Starting Point (SP) is for this unit of work.

Write 16 :12 in its simplest form. 28 pupils are going on a visit. They are in the ratio of 3 girls to 4 boys. How many boys are there? Three bars of chocolate cost 90p. How much would six bars cost? How much would twelve bars cost? The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 6:5:7. Find the sizes of the three angles. How do you go about finding the missing numbers in this table? Can you do it in a different way? What is the ratio of black counters to white counters. MilesKilometres 58 ?20 36?

Ask a question or make a statement about this prompt. You can use the sentence starters to help you.

Four Problems The Zoo Keeper’s Problem, The Painter’s Problem, The Cafe Owner’s Problem and The MP3 Player Problem. Each problem is made up of some easier questions and some harder questions. Choose which problem and which questions you want to answer. Use the boxes to help you answer the questions.

The Zoo Keeper’s Problem Eel A 5cm Eel B 10cm Eel C 15cm Eel D 25cm

Question 1 If Eel A gets 2g of Vitamin Mix how much does Eel B get? Question 2 If Eel A gets 2g of Vitamin Mix. How much does Eel C get? Question 3 If Eel B gets 12g of fish food, how much does Eel C get? Question 4 If Eel C gets 9g of Frog Mash how much does Eel D get? Eels are fed in proportion to their length. They are fed:- Vitamin Mix, Fish Food Frog Mash and Shell Fish

£8 per 1.5l pot £3 per 500ml pot Buy 3 pots and get the cheapest half price What is the cheapest way to buy 1 litre? 5 litres ? 10 litres? 15 litres? The Painter’s Problem

The Cafe Owner’s Problem Trina owns a Cafe. One of the House Specialities is its homemade fruit squash. This is Trina’s fruit squash recipe:- For 6 People 300g chopped oranges 1500ml lemonade 750ml orange juice Question 1 Trina made fruit squash for ten people. How many millilitres of lemonade did she use? Question 2 Trina’s colleague Jim used two litres of orange juice for the same recipe. How many people was this enough for?

The new model of an MP3 player holds1/6 more music than the previous model. The previous model holds 5000 tracks. Question 1 How many tracks does the new model hold? Question 2 The previous model cost £ and the new model costs £ Is this less than or greater than the proportional change to the number of tracks? Justify your answer. The MP3 Problem

No hands up questioning. Mini White Boards Ready!!!!!!

What’s the missing number? How do you know? 24 10

What’s the missing number? How do you know?