Worksheet directions

Grade 6 • Review • Choose a strategy for each problem. Explain or check your thinking where requested.

Sample questions

1. Compare mixtures A (2:5) and B (4:11) for juice to water. Are they equivalent? Which has more juice per cup of water?
2. A mixture uses 3 scoops of powder per 3 cups of water. Complete the missing table entries and explain the rule.
3. Leo says that 2:3 and 7:8 are equivalent because he added 5 to both numbers. Is he correct? Give an equivalent ratio to 2:3 and explain.
4. A student changes the ratio 2:6 to 6:18 by multiplying. Another changes it to 3:7 by adding 1. Test both claims using cross products. Can adding ever happen to preserve a ratio?
5. A mixture uses 4 scoops of powder per 3 cups of water. Complete the missing table entries and explain the rule.
6. Complete the missing value on the double number line. Explain why aligned positions describe equivalent ratios.

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.RP.A.3a, 6.RP.A.2–3a. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

• 6.RP.A.3 — Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve problems

Bring it into your lesson

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