Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
Virginia SOL 6.PFA.1
Use ratios to represent relationships between quantities, including contextual problems.
What students need to be able to do
- Represent a relationship between two quantities using ratios.
- Represent a relationship in context using the notations a/b, a:b, and a to b.
- Represent different comparisons within the same quantity or between different quantities (part to part, part to whole, whole to whole).
- Create a relationship in words for a given ratio expressed symbolically.
- Create a table of equivalent ratios to represent a proportional relationship between two quantities when given a ratio or contextual situation.