Introduction to Ratios
📋 What it is
A ratio compares two quantities — "3 to 2" means 3 of one for every 2 of the other.
🗣️ Coach says
A ratio is a comparison. "2 cups of flour to 1 cup of sugar" is the ratio 2:1. It doesn't tell you the total — it tells you the relationship, the recipe. Ratios are everywhere you mix or compare.
🧠 Memory hook
A ratio compares, it doesn't total. 2:1 means "2 for every 1", at any size.
😂 Giggle
Why did the ratio go to the party?
Because it heard there'd be a 1:1 match on the dance floor!
😲 Whoa!
A single recipe ratio can make a batch for 4 or 400 — the ratio stays the same, only the amounts scale.
✅ Quick check: A fruit bowl has 6 apples and 3 oranges. What is the apple-to-orange ratio, simplified?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
2:1 — divide both by 3.
Ratios simplify like fractions, by dividing both parts by a common factor.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Count two things around you (pens to pencils) and write their ratio, then simplify it.