Allysa's Scribepost for October 18, 2009

For homework, we had to do 2 questions that we had picked in class. I picked questions # 9 and 11.

9. Use the data about wins and losses on school teams to answer the questions.


a) Which sports have equivalent win–loss ratios? Show how you know.

The sports Baseball and Hockey have equivalent win-loss ratios because :












b) What is the ratio of wins to total games played for hockey? Give your answer as a fraction, a decimal, and a percent.
hockey : total 9 : 15 = 9/15 = 9.15 = 9.15 %

11. What tiles could be represented by each of the following ratios?

a) 1 to 5
blue to white.
b) 1 : 6 : 5
blue to red to white.
c) 1/2
red to all.
d) 11/12
red and white to all.


PLEASE COMMENT.