7th Grade Module 1

RATIOS &
PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Topic: A

Proportional Relationships (7.RP.A.2a)

Recognize & represent proportional relationships between quantities.
Decide whether two quantities are in a proportional relationship, e.g.,
by testing for equivalent ratios in a table or graphing on a coordinate
plane and observing whether the graph is a straight line through the
origin (0,0)
LESSON 3:
Identifying Proportional & Non-Proportional
Relationships in Tables
Student Outcomes
Students examine situations to decide whether two quantities
are proportional to each other by checking for a constant
multiple between measures of x and measures of y when given
a table.

Students study examples of relationships that are not

proportional in addition to those that are.
VOCABULARY (MODULE 1)
Review Terminology New Terminology
Ratio Constant of Proportionality
Equivalent Ratio One-to-One
Ratio Table Correspondence between
Rate two figures in the plane
Unit Rate Proportional Relationship
Coordinate Plane Proportional to:
Origin Scale Drawing
Scale Factor
EXAMPLE 1:
BABYSITTING
You have been hired by your neighbors to babysit their children on
Friday night. You are paid $8 per hour.
Complete the table relating your pay to the number of hours worked.

Hours Pay (in $) Based on the table, is the pay

Worked Y proportional to the hours worked? How do
(x) you know? What is the constant?

1
How could you use this information to
2 determine the pay for a week in which
you worked 20 hours?
3
If you graph these quantities, would
4
the point (0,0) be on the graph?
4.5
5
6
6.5
EXERCISES
FOR EXERCISES 1-3 DETERMINE IF Y IS PROPORTIONAL TO X. JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER

The table below represents the relationship of the amount of snowfall (in
inches) in 5 counties to the amount of time (in hours) of a recent winter storm.

Time(h) Snowfall(in.)
X Y
2 10
6 12
8 16
2.5 5
7 14

Proportional or Non-Proportional

Justify your Answer:

EXERCISES
FOR EXERCISES 1-3 DETERMINE IF Y IS PROPORTIONAL TO X. JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER

The table below shows the relationship between the cost of renting a movie (in
dollars) to the number of days the movie is rented.

Number of Cost ($)

Days Y
X
6 $2
9 $3
24 $8
3 $1

Proportional or Non-Proportional

Justify your Answer:

EXERCISES
FOR EXERCISES 1-3 DETERMINE IF Y IS PROPORTIONAL TO X. JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER

The table below represents the relationship of the amount of candy bought (in
pounds) and the total cost of the candy (in dollars).

Amount of Cost ($)

Candy (lbs) Y
X
5 10
4 8
6 12
8 16
10 20

Proportional or Non-Proportional

Justify your Answer:

 EXERCISE 4
Randy is planning to drive from New Jersey to Florida. Every
time Randy stops for gas, he records the distance he traveled in
miles and the total number of gallons used.

Assume that the number of miles driven is PROPORTIONAL to

the number of gallons consumed in order to complete the table.

(x) Gallons
2 4 8 10 12
Consumed
(y) Miles
54 189 216
Driven
SOOOO
A type of quantity is proportional to a second if there
is a constant number such that the product of each
measure of the first type and the constant is equal to
the corresponding measure of the second type.
Y
For each Row or Column, calculate X where X is the
measure of the first quantity, and Y is the measure
of the second quantity.
Y
If the value of X is the same for each pair of
numbers, then the quantities in the table are
proportional to each other.
PROBLEM SET: 1-9

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