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Rate Questions

Here are today's questions.  Remember to use the Tang model to solve all problems.

Ratio Rate and Proportion Post

Welcome to your blogs.  Your first post will be a wrap up of your proportion unit.  You need to have a review of all the work you have done.  None of this will be new.  Consider it the first chapter in your exam review!! Yep I said the "E" word EXAM!! It will also remind you of all the fantastic things you can do to make a blog post pop instead of being boring.

Setting up the post

Title your post _______'s Proportion Post
Label your post username817 (Bif817, Mortimer814 etc) and proportion post (two words lower case)

In the body of your post please include the following parts:

Part 1 

Please define

• ratio
• rate
• proportion

Good definitions have pictures, words and examples.

Part 2 

Copy these questions into your post.  Answer them using proportion statements.

1. 5 hours to travel 360 kilometers is about _____km/h.
2. Emma saves 28 cents of every dollar that she earns.  Emma earned $75 last week.  How much money did Emma save last week?

Part 3

What are the three ways you can prove that equivalent ratio statements are true?
3/4 = 12/16  or 4/9 = 16/32

Part 4

Find a video about using proportion and embed it in your post.  Make sure you select the small size of the video. (Bonus Marks if you make your own video about proportion and embed it)

Task 5

We are starting to engage in discussions about social justice.  What do you think about this image below.  Use the link to copy it into your post.  Then answer the questions

http://www.concurringopinions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CrimeInAmerica2.jpg

1. Does this seem fair? 
2. With what you know about proportion look and read what is in the image above.  Does it seem just and fair? 
3. Why have you made this choice? 
4. What would you have done if you were the judge?

Due Date Friday October 14th

Rate Homework for tuesday

Here is the multiply divide and Krypto for today.  Remember the numbers in the Krypto can have positive or negative values now. 

The Numbers in the Krypto are the quesitons that need to be completed on pages 59 and 60. 

Do not forget this weeks Manga High.  Lets get in the 1op 10 for September  after only 10 Days.

Quiz tomorrow Homework today!!

Here is your homework today.  Study for you   quiz tomorrow, multiply divide, multiply with decimals, Krypto, rate and ratio.

Ratio and Rate Homework

Here is your homework for today.  You will have to do some searching to figure out what rate means.  Good luck.

Calculate the unit rate for each

What is the best buy for OJ? (Julius better get this one right:)

Remember your decimal rules here.  Good luck and get this all done.  Quiz on Thursday.

Harbeck

Rate Growing Post Instructions Part 2

First things first.  You have a test tomorrow.  Please make sure you study and have completed pages 16 and 17 in your homework book.  This growing post counts as a BOB for this unit.

A growing post is named growing for a reason.  You will now add to your last post to complete the growing post.

 

These are the Grade 8 ingredients for Spaghetti Sauce.  This recipe serves 4 people. 

1)  What would the recipe look like if it had to serve 10 people?  Show your calculations.

2)  What would the recipe look like if you had to only serve 1 person? Show your calculations.

When you are done your post please publish it.  Make sure you have the correct labels, title and you have checked your answers.

Study hard.

Harbeck

 

Rate Growing Post Instructions

Welcome to your first Growing Post.  A Growing Post is a post where you will do 2 to 3 edits and add information every time.  Please return to this post to see the next set of instructions.

• Title your Post %%%%%'s Rate Growing Post
• Label your post growingpost, rate, user name
• Define ratio
• Define rate
• What is the difference between ratio and rate?
• Choose one of the questions page 60 and answer it.   (be sure to copy out the question before you answer it.)
• Choose one of the questions on page 61 and answer it. (be sure to copy out the question before you answer it.)
• Look at the coin question again from the ratio unit.  Create a question that can be answered using rate.  Answer that question.

This is the end of Part 1

Some Questions about Rate

Do them in your notebook.  We will see you tomorrow.