Review Questions
Beekeepers sometimes supplement the diet of honey bees with sugar water to help
promote colony growth in the spring and help the bees survive through fall and winter
months. The tables below show the amount of water and the amount of sugar used in the
Spring and in the Fall.
Spring Sugar Water Mixture
Sugar (cups)
Water (cups)
6
15
4
10
18
12
27
18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Fall Sugar Water Mixture
Sugar
(cups)
4
10
14
30
Water
(cups)
2
5
7
15
Add 5 more entries to each table
Write the ratio of sugar to water in the Spring mixture in 3 different formats.
Make a tape diagram for the spring mixture if 12 cups of sugar were used.
Make a double line graph for the Fall mixture and show if 20 cups of sugar were
used.
What happens when each ratio is extended to 60 cups of water?
What is the unit rate for sugar per cup of water for each ratio?
Which is the sweeter mixture? How do you know?
Graph the Spring Mixture using Sugar as the x value. Use your graph to predict
how much water will be needed at 48 cups of sugar.
If the difference in cups of sugar to water is 100 cups, how many cups of sugar
were used to make a big amount of the Fall mixture?
Angela enjoys swimming and often swims at a steady pace to burn calories. At this pace,
Angela can swim 1,800 meters in 40 minutes.
1. Write the unit rate for Angela’s speed(distance/time)
2. Make a table of equivalent ratios.
3. Use your table of equivalent ratios to make ordered pairs and graph Angela’s
swimming speed. If her rate is constant, use your graph to predict how far Angela
will swim in 50 minutes.