Ratios and Proportional Relationships

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How Do You Convert a Rate To A Unit Rate?

When you talk about the speed of a car, you usually say something in miles per hour. For example, you say, 'I drove 40 miles per hour.' Normally, you don't say, 'I drove 120 miles per 3 hours.' Figure out how to convert a rate like 120 miles per 3 hours to the unit rate of 40 miles per hour by watching this tutorial.
What are Rates and Unit Rates?

Can you do 100 sit-ups in 2 minutes? That's a rate! Driving a car going 40 miles per hour? That's a unit rate! Watch this tutorial to learn about rate and unit rate (and the difference!).
How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using a Percent Proportion?

Word problems allow you to see the real world uses of math! This tutorial shows you how to take a words problem and turn it into a percent proportion. Then see how to solve for the answer using the mean extremes property of proportions. Take a look!
What's a Percent?

Sales tax, tips at restaurants, grades on tests... no matter what you do, you can't run away from percents. So watch this tutorial and see once and for all what percents are all about!
How Do You Use an Equation to Find a Part of a Whole?

Taking a percent of a number? Trying to figure out the result? Convert the percent to a decimal and multiply it by the number! This tutorial will show you how!
How Do You Figure Out the Time Traveled if You Know the Distance and Speed?

This tutorial provides a great real world application of math. You'll see how to use uniform motion to figure out how long it will take to go a certain distance traveling at a constant speed. Check it out!
What's the Formula Connecting Distance, Speed, and Time?

When you have constant speed, the same formula pops up over and over again, and that's the formula that connects distance, speed, and time. Make sure you know this formula, and if you want a refresher, check out the tutorial!
What's a Ratio?

Ratios are everywhere! The scale on a map or blueprint is a ratio. Ingredients sometimes need to be mixed using ratios such as the ratio of water to cement mix when making cement. Watch this tutorial to learn about ratios. Then think of some ratios you've encountered before!
How Do You Find Equivalent Ratios by Making a Table?

To master equivalent ratios, you need to practice. Follow along with this tutorial to practice filling in a table with equivalent ratios.
How Do You Write Ratios From a Table?

This tutorial goes through the steps of creating ratios from a table of values! Follow along to see how the ratios are made!
How Do You Write a Ratio in Simplest Form?

In this tutorial, you'll see how to take the information from a given table and use it to find a ratio. You'll also see how to write the answer in simplest form!
How Do You Figure Out a Percent From a Part to Whole Ratio?

If you want to find a percent in a word problem, you may be able to use a ratio to help you! This tutorial shows you how to do exactly that!
How Do You Turn a Fraction Into a Terminating Decimal?

Did you know that a fraction just represents a division? To turn a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. In this tutorial, see how to convert a fraction into the terminating decimal it represents.
How Do You Turn a Terminating Decimal Into a Fraction?

If you have a terminating decimal, you can rewrite it as a fraction! Check out this tutorial to learn how to convert a terminating decimal into a fraction.
How Do You Find Equivalent Ratios?

Ratios are used to compare numbers. When you're working with ratios, it's sometimes easier to work with an equivalent ratio. Equivalent ratios have different numbers but represent the same relationship. In this tutorial, you'll see how to find equivalent ratios by first writing the given ratio as a fraction. Take a look!
How Do You Write a Ratio From a Word Problem?

Sometimes the hardest part of a word problem is figuring out how to turn the words into a math problem. In this tutorial, you'll see how to take the information given in a word problem and write a ratio. Then, reduce the ratio and explain its meaning. See it all in this tutorial!
What are Equivalent Ratios?

Equivalent ratios are just like equivalent fractions. If two ratios have the same value, then they are equivalent, even though they may look very different! In this tutorial, take a look at equivalent ratios and learn how to tell if you have equivalent ratios.