The lanterton middle school is adopting
narrowed their search to the following two
to choose a nickname, they conducte
tallied all the votes.
opting a new nickname. they have
ing two names: tigers or lions.
y conducted a school-wide survey and
each homeroom analyzed the results
reported the results in a different way.
ed the results of the school-wide survey and
homeroom 6a
the votes for tigers
outnumbered the votes for
lions by a ratio of 240 to 160.
homeroom 6b
there were 80 more votes for
tigers than lions.
homeroom 7a
the votes for tigers
outnumbered votes for lions
by a ratio of 3 to 2.
homeroom 7b
3 out of 5 votes were for tigers.
1. describe the meaning of each statemer
the meaning of each statement. then identify which
describe ratios, and if so, whether the ratios are parts
or part-to-whole ratios.