Kyla's Proportion Post

Part 1 - Definitions:

Ratio:
 - a ratio is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind.

Rate:
 - a ratio that compares quantities measured in different units.

Proportion:

 - a relationship that ratios or rates are equals.

Part 2 - Questions:

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 - Prove Equivalent Ratio Statements:

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

Part 4 - Video:

Part 5 - Social Justice:

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

1. Does this seem fair? 

• No, it does not seem fair.

2. With what you know about proportion look and read what is in the image above.  Does it seem just and fair? 

• No. In my opinion it doesn't seem fair and just one bit.

3. Why have you made this choice? 

• I have made this choice because the homeless man only stole $100 and returned it the next day due to his conscience. And the CEO who fraud their company for $3 billion and only to be sentenced for 3 years; paying his debt $75 million a month. While the homeless man was sentenced for 15 years; paying his debt $2.50 every 4 and a half months (56¢ a month).

4. What would you have done if you were the judge? 

• I would have sentenced the homeless guy for a week or 5 months max for only taking a 100 dollar bill and returned it the next day. I would have sentenced the CEO for 15 years paying his debt $16 million a month.