In this competitive activity one student at a time acts as a messenger for their team of 2 or more students Without running they relay information about questions posted around the room to their teammates who then answer them ID: 1015001
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1. Ratio – Mixed – Higher – Messenger!In this competitive activity, one student at a time acts as a messenger for their team of 2 or more students. Without running (!), they relay information about questions (posted around the room) to their teammates who then answer them.Students need to record the question letter and the answer so they can mark their work using the answer slide at the end of the activity. With the points system, students can attempt appropriate questions.You could choose posters/questions to include and delete others. (Clear plastic wallets around your classroom make it quick and easy to display posters.)
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4. In teams pick a messenger!It’s their job to collect questions for the rest of the team to answer.You can change who is the messenger but only one person is allowed to stand up at once andthey can’t carry a pen or paper to the question!Each question is worth a different number of points!Record the question letter and your answer on a single piece of paper.After marking, the team that scores the most points wins!10
5. Question A2Question B2Which of these ratios is equal to 3 : 4 ?What is the ratio of the shaded area to the non-shaded area?
6. Question C2Question D3Sally and Jamie shared some fries.Sally got 35 &Jamie got 21.Express this division as a ratio in its simplest form.Hamed, Ash and Kelly shared some money.Hamed got £1.25Ash for 75p &Kelly got £1.50Express this division as a ratio.
7. Question E3Question F4Wez and Dan share 63 mini-doughnuts in the ratio 4 : 5How many doughnuts did Wez get?Jason, Jim and John share £28 in the ratio 2 : 1 : 5How much more money did John get compared to Jim?
8. Question G4Question H4Sophie and Fran share a 840ml soda in the ratio 2 : 5How big was Sophie’s drink?Dean, Dave and Derek share a 600g pizza in the ratio 4 : 3 : 5How much more pizza did Derek get compared to Dave?
9. Question I5Question J5Grace and Tina share some sweets in the ratio 2 : 5Grace got 15 more sweets than Tina.How many sweets are there in total?Tom, Tim and Tam share some money in the ratio 11 : 3 : 4Together, Tim and Tam got £30 less than Tom.If they split the money equally how much would they each get?
10. Question K5Question L5To buy a TV, Greg and Mary pooled their money.The ratio of Greg’s money to Mary’s money was 7 : 2Mary spent £120 more than Greg.How much did the TV cost in total?Rob, Rex and Ruth share some money in the ratio 2 : 7 : 11Together, Rob and Ruth got £9 more than Rex.How much money did Rob and Ruth get together?
11. Question M5Question N5To make green paint Jane needs to mix yellow and blue paint in the ratio 4 : 5Jane has 20 litres of yellow paintand 30 litres of blue paint.What is the maximum amount of green paint she can make?To make purple paint Mo needs to mix red and blue paint in the ratio 5 : 7Mo has 60 litres of red paintand 77 litres of blue paint.What is the maximum amount of purple paint he can make?
12. Question O4Question P3At a party there are 72 people and 12 more girls than boys.What is the ratio of boys to girls at the party?32% of students in a class have black hair.What is the ratio of black hair students, to not-black hair students?
13. Question Q4Question R4Express a in terms of b.a : b = 3 : 7Express b in terms of a.a : b = 6 : 5
14. Question S6Question T6In a bag there are black, red and white disks.The ratio or black to red disks is 2 : 3The ratio of red to white disks is 9 : 5What is the ratio of black to white disks?At Woodmore school the ratio of students who cycle to those that walk is 3 : 5The ratio of students that cycle to those that take a bus is 5 : 6What is the ratio of students who walk to those that take a bus?
15. Question U6Question V8Express the ratio of a to ca : b = 4 : 5b : c = 3 : 8In a school the ratio of staff to students is 2 : 7The ratio of female to male students is 4 : 5What is the ratio of female students to staff?
16. Question W7Question X8At a football match the ratio of adults to children is 3 : 225% of the adults are away supporters.What percentage of the crowd are adult away supporters?Triangles, Squares and Pentagons are in a bag.The ratio of Pentagons to other shapes is 2 : 7The ratio of Triangles to Squares is 3 : 4What fraction of the shapes are Triangles?
17. Question Y9Question Z10The ratio of white to black buttons in a bag is 3 : 43 white buttons are added.The new ratio is 9 : 10How many buttons are there now?The ratio of black to white buttons in a bag is 2 : 710 white buttons are removed.The new ratio is 3 : 8How many buttons are there now?
18. Question AA9Question BB11The ratio of red to green buttons in a bag is 2 : 57 green buttons are replaced with red buttons.The new ratio is 3 : 4How many red buttons are there now?Mack has £6 and Ashley has £8Mack saves £3 per day.Ashley saves £2 per day.How many days will it take for them to have savings in the ratio 4 : 3 ?
19. Qu.AnswerPointsA7.5 : 102B3 : 22C5 : 32D5 : 3 : 63E283F£144G240ml4H100g4I355J£455K£2165L£19.505M45L5N132L5Qu.AnswerPointsO5 : 74P8 : 173Qa = 3b/74Rb = 5a/64S6 : 56T25 : 186U3 : 106V9 : 148W15%7X1/38Y389Z4410AA219BB14 days11
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21. Questions?Comments?Suggestions?…or have you found a mistake!?Any feedback would be appreciated .Please feel free to email:tom@goteachmaths.co.uk