Ratio & Proportion
Comparing quantities, sharing in a given ratio, and scaling recipes and maps.
What this lesson covers
Ratio & Proportion is a 10-part Class 6 Mathematics lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
A ratio compares two or more quantities of the same kind. If a class has 12 boys and 18 girls, the ratio of boys to girls is 12 : 18, which simplifies to 2 : 3. Order matters. 2 : 3 and 3 : 2 describe opposite situations, so always read which quantity is named first.
The 10 parts
- Comparing two quantities
- Ratio is not fraction: quite
- Simplifying and equivalence
- Sharing in a ratio
- Direct proportion
- When more means less
- Ratios you will use
- Where it usually goes wrong
- What to remember
- Watch one worked through
Practise Ratio & Proportion
Everything on QuizByt for Class 6 Mathematics that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
🧠 5 quizzes on Ratio & Proportion (2 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard)
Work up from easy to hard: the hard quiz asks the Class 6 exam-style questions on Ratio & Proportion.
🖨️ Printable worksheet
Ratio & Proportion on paper for Class 6, with room to write the working out. Preview the first page free.
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