Proportional Reasoning:Focus on Sense-Making
Chris Hunter Numeracy Helping Teacher
Surrey Schools
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Proportional reasoning helps us make sense of multiplicative
relationships.
Big Idea(s)
Compete
ncies
ratios rates
proportions unit price percent coupons
Content
Proportional reasoning helps us make sense of multiplicative
relationships.
Use multiple strategiesto solve problems
Communicate in a variety of waysto explain and justify ideas
Big Idea
Students will understand that • Thinking about how quantities are related using multiplication is essential for solving a wide variety of
problems • Ratios, rates, and percent make comparisons easy; one term is made the same
Curricular Competencies Content
Students will be able to: • choose correct and efficient strategies • monitor progress to completion of task and make
necessary adjustments along the way • propose and consider or critique alternative
strategies • share mathematical ideas–not just steps!–needed to
solve problems (verbal & written) • present work that is clear and easy to follow • effectively use tables, equations, etc. to support
conclusions or arguments
Students will know that: • two equivalent ratios represent the same
relationship • ratio tables list equivalent ratios in an organized way • a rate represents an infinite number of equivalent
ratios • a unit rate (or price) is an equivalent rate where one
term is “1” • a proportion is an expression of the equivalence of
two ratios • proportion problems can be solved by looking for
scale factors within or between ratios • a percent is a fanatical comparison to 100
Big Idea(s)
Compete
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ratios rates
proportions unit price percent coupons
Content
Proportional reasoning helps us make sense of multiplicative
relationships.
Use multiple strategiesto solve problems
Communicate in a variety of waysto explain and justify ideas
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
perfect squares and cubes 1square and cube roots 2
percents less than 1 and greater than 100 (decimal & fractional %) 3numerical proportional reasoning (rates, ratio, proportions, & %) 4
operations with fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, & order of operations) 5
discrete linear relations (extended to larger numbers, limited to integers) 6
expressions- writing and evaluating using substitution 7two-step equations with integer coefficients, constants, and solutions 8
surface area and volume of regular solids, including triangular and other right prisms and cylinders 9
Pythagorean theorem 10construction, views, and nets of 3D objects 11
central tendency 12theoretical probability with two independent events 13
financial literacy — best buys 14
Big
Idea
s
*Number represents, describes, and compares the quantities of ratios, rates, and percents.
*Computational fluency and flexibility extend to operations with fractions.
*Discrete linear relationships can be represented in many connected ways and used to identify and make generalizations.
*The relationship between surface area and volume of 3D objects can be used to describe, measure, and compare spatial relationships.
*Analyzing data by determining averages is one way to make sense of large data sets and enables us to compare and interpret.
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Proportional reasoning helps us make sense of multiplicative
relationships.
Curricular Competencies RevisitedBig Idea(s)
Compete
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ratios rates
proportions unit price percent coupons
Content
Proportional reasoning helps us make sense of multiplicative
relationships.
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