Ratios, Proportions, And Percents

Question 1

Ratio

Answer 1

A comparison of two quantities

Question 2

Rate

Answer 2

A special kind of ratio where the two amounts being compared have different units

Question 3

Unit rate

Answer 3

A rate that has one as it’s denominator. To find a unit rate, set up a ratio as a fraction and then divide the numerator by the denominator

Question 4

Proportion

Answer 4

A number sentence where to ratios are equal

Question 5

Constant of proportionality

Answer 5

A proportion that stays the same, even in different scenarios also called the “constant of the variation”