Year 8, Unit 13 – ratio and rates

This 9-lesson program of learning addresses content from the focus area of ratios and rates.

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore recognising, simplifying, and solving problems that involve ratios and rates, as well as interpreting and constructing distance–time graphs.

Ratio and rates

Introduction

Ratio and rates – unit (DOCX 338 KB)

Lesson 1 – ratio

Lesson 2 – simplifying ratios

Lesson 3 – dividing into a ratio

Lesson 4 – bears and balloons

Lesson 5 – rule of 9s

Lesson 6 – ratios versus rates

Lesson 7 – best buys

Lesson 8 – distance–time graphs

Lesson 9 – converting rates

Mathematics 7–10 units and assessments

Stage 4 and 5 – Mathematics units and assessment in line with the syllabus to be taught from 2024.

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