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Mathematics (Grade 7)

Ratio and Proportional Relationships

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Ratio and Proportional Relationships: Introduction to Proportional Relationships

How to test proportionality

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How to Test Proportionality
Introduction

Not all relationships between quantities are proportional. Testing proportionality helps find out whether two quantities change together at a constant rate and follow a pred...

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You’re buying packs of markers. One pack costs $3.50, two packs cost $7, and four packs cost $14.

One way to test proportionality is to compare the ratios of cost to number of packs by finding the unit rate.

For one pack, the price is $3.50. For two packs, it is $7 ÷ 2 = $3.50. For four packs, it is $14 ÷ 4 = $3.50.

This consta...

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