Ratios and Percents Quotes From Yogi Berra A

Ratios and Percents

Quotes From Yogi Berra • A Nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore • Little league Baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. • Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical • In theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice there is. • You better cut that Pizza in four pieces because I am not hungry enough to eat six.

Your Chips CAN BE OR WHAT IS THE RATIO OF WHITE CHIPS TO RED CHIPS? TASK #1 Form a collection of 36 chips where 25% are RED and 75% are WHITE CALLED MIXTURE A A

MIXTURE A (25% red) Whites outnumber Reds 3 to 1

KEEP BOTH MIXTURES B WHAT IS THE RATIO OF WHITE CHIPS TO RED CHIPS? TASK #2 Form a collection of 36 chips where 1/3 rd are WHITE and 2/3 rd are RED CALLED MIXTURE B

MIXTURE B (1/3 rd white) Reds outnumber Whites 2 to 1

NOW WE MIX THEM TOGETHER! We will be taking half of each mixture! WHAT IS THE RATIO OF WHITE TO RED NOW? DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE (1) Lots more RED than WHITE (2) About the same RED and WHITE (3) Lots more WHITE than RED

SOON WE MIX THEM TOGETHER! • 1 st – take half of mixture A where the ratio of RED to WHITE is still the same. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY – WHAT IS IT?

MIXTURE A (25% Red) Whites outnumber Reds 3 to 1

SOON WE MIX THEM TOGETHER! • 2 nd – take half of mixture B where the ratio of RED to WHITE is still the same. THERE WILL BE NO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY THIS TIME?

MIXTURE B Reds outnumber Whites 2 to 1

NOW WE MIX THEM TOGETHER! WHAT IS THE RATIO OF WHITE TO RED NOW?

GO BACK TO MIXTURES A & B Take 1/3 rd of B and 2/3 rds A DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE (1) Lots more RED than WHITE (2) About the same RED and WHITE (3) Lots more WHITE than RED

MIXTURE B (1/3 rd white) Reds outnumber Whites 2 to 1

MIXTURE A (25% red) Whites outnumber Reds 3 to 1

PUT THEM TOGETHER 2/3 rd s Of A 1/3 rd Of B 14 red to 22 WHITE