Describing exchange rates with ratio | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Complete the sentence: When using a ratio table you find the ______ relationship.

'multiplicative' ✓
What number is represented by the question mark in this bar model?

'36' ✓
A bunch of flowers contains red and yellow flowers in the ratio 3 : 5. There are 10 yellow flowers. How many red flowers are in the bunch?

'6' ✓
The ratio of flour to butter to sugar in a cookie recipe is 3 : 2 : 1. You use 180g of butter. How much flour is used?

'270 g' ✓
Andeep, Sam and Sofia share some sweets in the ratio 3 : 8 : 5. Sam gets 24 sweets, how many does Sofia get?

'15' ✓
The lengths of the sides of a triangle are split in the ratio 3 : 8 : 7. The shortest side is 3.6 cm, what is the length of the longest side?

'9.6' ✓

Complete the sentence: The multiplicative relationship between 2 currencies is called the ______.

'exchange rate' ✓
Select the graphs that show a multiplicative relationship.
Use the graph to convert £55 into dollars ($).

'$70' ✓
Use the graph to convert $50 into pounds (£).

'£40' ✓
£1 : $1.92. Use this exchange rate to convert \pounds250 into dollars ($ ).

'$480' ✓
£1 : $1.92. Use this exchange rate to convert$ 672 into dollars (£).

'£350' ✓

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Double number lines or a straight line graph can be helpful when determining the ratio.
There is more than one way to describe an exchange rate.
An exchange ratio is a practical example of a multiplicative relationship.
An exchange rate can be thought of as converting between different units of money.

Using multiplication as repeated addition leads to incorrect additive strategies of ratios.

Focus on the multiplicative relationships between parts to whole or whole to parts.

Exchange rate - An exchange rate is the rate at which one currency is exchanged for another.