ACE #1 page 10
1. In a comparison taste test of two
drinks, 780 students preferred Berry
Blast. Only 220 students preferred
Melon Splash. Complete each statement.
Homework Problem 1.1
1. In a comparison taste test of two drinks, 780 students
preferred Berry Blast. Only 220 students preferred Melon
Splash. Complete each statement.
• There were
more people who preferred Berry Blast.
560
• In the taste test, % of the people preferred Berry Blast.
Difference  780 -220 =
78 Berry Blast outnumbered those who
• People who preferred
preferred Melon Splash by ratio of
to .
part
Berry Blast
780 78
percent 




whole
total
1000 100
39 11
part
Berry Blast
780 78
Ratio 


 
part Melon Splash 220 22
ACE #2 page 10
2. In a comparison taste test of new ice
creams invented at Moo University, 750
freshmen preferred Cranberry Bog ice
cream while 1,250 freshmen preferred
Coconut Orange ice cream.
2. In a comparison taste test of new ice creams invented at
Moo University, 750 freshmen preferred Cranberry Bog ice
cream while 1,250 freshmen preferred Coconut Orange ice
cream.
Complete each statement.
• The fraction of who preferred Cranberry Bog is
.
3/8
Bog
750
• The percent ofpart
freshmen whoCran
preferred
Coconut Orange
75
fraction 




whole
all freshmen
2000 200
is 62.5%
.
• Freshmen who
preferredCoc
Coconut
Orange outnumbered
those who
part
Orange
1250
 divide 
whole Bogall
5
preferred Cranberry
byfreshmen
ratio of to . 2000
3
percent 


part
Coc Orange 1250 125
Ratio 




part
Cran Bog
750 75
Below are the results from the soda
taste test for Mr. Myers’ classes.
The ratio of students that preferred
Pepsi to those that preferred Coke was 36 to 16.
Answer the following questions using this data.
Show all steps that we used in class!!!!
Decide if the following statements are true.
The ratio of students that preferred Pepsi
to those that preferred Coke was 36 to 16.
Of all of the students
(WHOLE)
Part
1. In Mr. Myers’ class,
4/9 of the students prefer coke.
The question is asking about a part to whole comparison.
It’s a fraction comparison!!!
Does the original statement mean that 4/9 of all of
the students prefer Coke? LET’S SEE
part
coke 16 8
4
fraction 


 
whole total 52 26 13
4
4

9 13
The ratio of students that preferred Pepsi
to those that preferred Coke was 36 to 16.
2. Students prefer Pepsi to Coke
by a ratio of 9 to 4.
Pepsi
Pepsi
comes
is first
firstand
in
so is
question,
theabout
36, Pepsi
they
go
is on
together
the top of the ratio.
The
question
is the
asking
a ratio
comparison!!!
Coke
Coke
is is
second
second
in and
the question,
so is the Coke
16, they
is on
gothe
together
bottom of the ratio.
÷2
÷2
part pepsi 36 18 9
ratio 

  
part coke 16 8 4
9
9 to 4 =
4
÷2
÷2
The ratio of students that preferred Pepsi
to those that preferred Coke was 36 to 16.
3. The percent of students
that prefer coke is about 31%.
part
# prefer coke
16
percent 

 divide  .307692
whole total # of students 52