Equivalent Ratios Worksheet

Are your students studying ratios in their math class? When students first begin to explore this topic, they generally work with visuals to represent the relationship between the two amounts. Let’s take a look at an example.

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In this visual representation, there are 7 green hearts and 3 stars. When representing this visual as a ratio, we could write it 3 different ways.

• With words [7 to 3]
• With a colon [7:3]
• As a fraction [7/3]

After students learn how to represent ratios, they must understand how to generate equivalent ratios. To do this, students must look at the two numbers in the same place of each ratio and use multiplication and division to find missing values. If you are looking for a worksheet for your students to use, Teach Starter is here to help!

Students will practice finding missing values to create equivalent ratios with this worksheet.  Students will practice creating 16 equivalent ratios represented in fraction form and with a colon.

An answer key is included with your download to make grading fast and easy!

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Because this resource includes an answer sheet, we recommend you print one copy of the entire file. Then, make photocopies of the blank worksheet for students to complete.

Turn this teaching resource into a sustainable activity by printing on cardstock and slipping it into a dry-erase sleeve. Students can record their answers with a whiteboard marker, then erase and reuse them.

Additionally, project the worksheet onto a screen and work through it as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks.

This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a teacher in Colorado and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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