C5-RET_C2_Ch5

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Reteaching 5-1
A ratio is a comparison of two numbers by division. You can write a ratio three ways. Compare the number of red tulips to the number of yellow tulips. To find equal ratios, multiply or divide each part of the ratio by the same nonzero number. The ratio 3 is in simplest form. 1
6564253 2 242 1 6 5 6 3 2 5 12 2 232 4

red tulips

yellow tulips

orange mums

white mums

6 to 2, 6 : 2, or 6 2 d Multiply by 2. d Divide by 2.
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Use the drawings at the top of the page. Write each ratio in three ways.
1. yellow tulips to red tulips 2. white mums to orange mums

2 6
3. red tulips to orange mums

3 5
4. yellow tulips to white mums

6 5
5. red tulips to all flowers

2 3 6 16 5 16
8. white mums to tulips
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6. orange mums to all flowers

7. tulips to mums

8 8
9. yellow tulips to all flowers

3 8
10. yellow tulips to orange mums

2 16
Write two ratios equal to the given ratio.
11. 2 : 5 12.

2 5

18 to 30

Write each ratio in simplest form.

13. 10 : 15
6 15. 100

3 50

14. 48 24 16. 8 : 18

2 1

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Course 2 Lesson 5-1

Reteaching