Name: _________________________ Date: _____________________

Equivalent Ratios Notes!

Greatest Common Factor Multiplication Division

You can write a ratio in You can write an equivalent First, find common

simplest form by dividing the ratio by ________________ ___________ of the terms.

terms by their the terms of the ratio by Then, _____________ the

_______________ the same number. terms by the common

___________ ____________. factors.

Express the ratio 50:20 in simplest Express a ratio equivalent to Express a ratio equivalent to
form using GCF 3:4 using multiplication 18:54 using division

*Equivalent ratios have the same ratio in _____________________ form*

You try! Express a ratio equivalent to 12:48 using one of the three methods shown above.
Show your work!
 Ratio Scavenger Hunt
Search around the room to find the following items. Count them, and compare the number of
items using a ratio. Write 1 equivalent ratios to the ratio found using the methods taught in
class (GCF, multiplication, division). Finally, write a sentence describing the ratio in simplest
form.

1. Boy students to girl students

2. Total students to teachers

3. Total students to total desks

4. Days in this month to days in the week

5. Clocks to doors

6. Windows to flags

7. Whiteboards to desks

8. Total students to posters

9. Calendars to flags

10. Desks to chairs

Try your own!

Using two items in the classroom, create your own ratio for students to try to find! Using a
notecard, record your ratio in words on one side of the card, and record 2 equivalent ratios and
your name on the opposite side. Of the 3 ratios you write, CIRCLE the ratio in simplest form.