Grade 6 Math Starter Lesson: Ratios and Gummy Bears

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In this lesson, you will compare the sizes of different types of gummy bears and use your knowledge of ratios to determine which quantity is heaviest.

Essential Question: How do I represent and solve real-world problems using rates and ratios?

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In this lesson, you will compare the sizes of different types of gummy bears and use your knowledge of ratios to determine which quantity is heaviest.

Essential Question: How do I represent and solve real-world problems using rates and ratios?

Grade 6 Math Starter Lesson: Ratios and Gummy Bears

Posljednje ažuriranje almost 2 years ago

Napomena autora:

In this lesson, you will compare the sizes of different types of gummy bears and use your knowledge of ratios to determine which quantity is heaviest.

Essential Question: How do I represent and solve real-world problems using rates and ratios?

Instrukcije

In this lesson, you will compare the sizes of different types of gummy bears and use your knowledge of ratios to determine which quantity is heaviest.

Essential Question: How do I represent and solve real-world problems using rates and ratios?

There are 3 sizes of gummy bears you can buy: mini, regular, and super. Let's weigh the regular gummy bears.

How much do 10 regular gummy bears weigh in grams?

What is the unit rate, or weight, of one regular gummy bear in grams?

Let's weigh the super gummy bear.

Let's weigh the mini gummy bears.

How many mini-bears would you need to melt to create one super-bear? Round to the nearest whole gummy bear.

1860

1104

1567

1971

Order each quantity from the lightest to the heaviest.

3 super-bears
500 regular bears
1,000 mini-bears
6,000 mini-bears
0.5 super-bears
2,500 regular bears