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PLT Skills
LESSON OBJECTIVES
We are learning to:
Finding connections between different words. (Which PLT skills?)
Accurately write ratios in their simplest form. (Grades E-C)
Always aim high!
Where are we in our journey?
Real life cross/curricular links?
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EXAMPLE
DITDIONA can be rearranged to make ADDITION
TASK
Work out the following Mathematical anagrams:
DOD
UMPTLYLI
EPIMR
Odd
Multiply
Prime
EXTENSION
Develop your own Mathematical anagrams as above as a creative thinker. 2

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TASK 1) 2 5 ÷ 3 4 2)
Write as a single power:
5 x 5 3)
Write as a single power:
8 ÷ 8 4)
Find:
10% of £71 3 8 7 2 5) 5 6 6)
Find 80% of 30m 7)
Write 0.4 as a percentage
of £120
EXTENSION
Expand and simplify:
4t(t + 4) – 3t(t – 6)
= t + 16t 2 -
3t + 18t 2
= t + 34t 2 3

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Simplifying Ratio
PLT Skills
: means ‘to’ in Mathematics
EXAMPLES
Express the following ratios in their simplest form:
15kg : 20kg
20p : £1
(a)
3 : 6
(b)
(c) ÷3 ÷3 ÷5 ÷5
1 : 2
3kg : 4kg
20p : 100p
÷20
÷20
1p : 5p
(d)
(e)
A room is divided into a kitchen and dining area in the ratio 5:2. What fraction is the (i) kitchen and (ii) dining area? 5 2
(i)
Kitchen =
(i)
Dining area =
Ratio of orange : green? 7 7
8 : 10 ÷2 ÷2
4 : 5 4

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Simplifying Ratio
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EXTENSION (GRADE C)
TASK 1 (GRADE E)
TASK 2 (GRADE E)
1) June wins three-quarters of her bowls matches. She loses the rest.
What is the ratio of wins to losses?
2)Three brothers share some cash.
The ratio of Mark’s and David’s share is 1 : 2
The ratio of David’s and Paul’s share is 1 : 2
What is the ratio of Mark’s share to Paul’s share?
Write each of the following ratios of quantities in its simplest form.
a) £5 to £15 b) £24 to £16 c) 125g to 300g
d) 40 minutes: 5 minutes e) 34 kg to 30 kg
f) £2.50 to 70p g) 3 kg to 750 g
h) 50 minutes to 1 hour i) 1 hour to 1 day
j) 12 cm to 2.5 mm k) 1.25 kg : 500 g
l) 75p : £3.50 m) 4 weeks : 14 days
Express each of the following ratios in its simplest form.
a) 6 : 18 b) 15 : 20 c) 16 : 24 d) 24 : 36
e) 20 to 50 f) 12 to 30 g) 25 to 40
h) 125 to 30 i) 15 : 10 j) 32 : 12 k) 28 to 12 l) 100 to 40 m) 0.5 to 3 n) 1.5 to 4
o) 2.5 to 1.5 p) 3.2 to 4
TASK 3 (GRADE D)
1) A length of wood is cut into two pieces in the ratio 3 : 7. What fraction of the original
length is the longer piece?
2) Jack and Thomas find a bag of marbles that they share between them in the ratio of their ages. Jack is 10 years old and Thomas is 15 years old. What fraction of the marbles did Jack get?
3) Dave and Sue share a pizza in the ratio 2 : 3. They eat it all.
a) What fraction of the pizza did Dave eat?
b) What fraction of the pizza did Sue eat?
4) The recipe for a pudding is 125 g of sugar, 150 g of flour, 100 g of margarine and
175 g of fruit. What fraction of the pudding is each ingredient? 5

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Simplifying Ratio
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MINI-PLENARY
1) Work out the ratio of colours below in their simplest form.
Blue : Green : Pink
6 : : 4
3 : : 2
2) The mixture of red paint to blue paint is 4:6. Write each part as
a fraction. 4 6
Red =
Blue = 10 10 2 3
Red =
Blue = 5 5 6

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LINK BACK TO OBJECTIVES
Accurately write ratios in their simplest form.
What grade are we working at? 7

8. TRUE FALSE PLENARY ACTIVITY The ratio 8:10 Simplifies to 4:5 Stand Up
Remain Seated

9. TRUE FALSE PLENARY ACTIVITY The ratio 50p:£1 Simplifies to 50:1
Stand Up
Remain Seated

10. TRUE FALSE PLENARY ACTIVITY The ratio 3:2 Can be written as and
Stand Up
Remain Seated

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What have you learnt?
Draw your brain
In your brain, write or draw everything you can remember about writing ratios in their simplest form. It can be a skill or a reflection, or something else that might be prominent in your brain.
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Plenary Activity
How well do you understand the task? .
I don’t understand
I nearly understand
I fully understand

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Plenary Activity
WWW (What Went Well)
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On your post it notes…
Think about how you can improve your work.