How do you identify proportional relationships?

Ratios are used to compare numbers. When you're working with ratios, it's sometimes easier to work with an equivalent ratio. Equivalent ratios have different numbers but represent the same relationship. In this tutorial, you'll see how to find equivalent ratios by first writing the given ratio as a fraction. Take a look!

The following data shows the number of soccer games you played related to the number of goals you scored: 2:8, 3:12, 4:20, 5:36, 6:50. 2 times 4 is 8, and 3 times 4 is 12. But 4 times 4 is 16, not 20. And 5 times 4 is 20, not 36. You can't always multiply the number of games played by the same number to get the number of goals scored. This is a non-proportional relationship. Now you try: Identify if the following data represents a proportional relationship: 3:9, 5:15, 6:24, 8:32

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