MathsYears 7–8Number

Proportion

Solve problems involving direct proportion; use unitary method; apply proportion to recipes and scaling

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a bag of 10 sweets: 3 are red and 7 are blue. The proportion of red sweets is 3 out of 10.

  2. 2

    In a bag of 10 sweets, 4 are green. What proportion is green?

  3. 3

    Drag to show the proportion of blue marbles in this bag of 8 marbles (3 red, 5 blue).

  4. 4

    A box has 12 pens. 4 are red, 8 are blue. What proportion is red?

  5. 5

    In a class of 20 kids, 12 wear glasses. What proportion wears glasses?

  6. 6

    A fruit bowl has 5 apples and 3 oranges. Show the proportion of apples using the bar model.

  7. 7

    A bag has 6 red beads and 4 blue beads. What proportion is blue?

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