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Mathematics (Grade 6)

Ratio and Proportions

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Ratio and Proportions: Introduction to Ratios

Finding Missing Values

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Finding Missing Values
Introduction

Finding missing values in ratio problems means using a known ratio to determine an unknown quantity while keeping the relationship between the two quantities the same. When ratio...

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Imagine you’re running a lemonade stand to raise funds for the upcoming community festival in your neighborhood. For every two lemons, you need three cups of water. That’s a ratio of two to three.

But what if you want to make a bigger batch? Let’s use a table of equivalent ratios to find out how many lemons and how much water we’ll need.

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