Subject
Grade
Big Idea
Proportional reasoning is used to make sense of multiplicative relationships.
Elaboration
- reasoning about comparisons of relative size or scale instead of numerical difference
- ways of showing proportional comparison when analyzing problems in situational contexts
- scale diagrams
- rates of change
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- How are proportions used to solve problems?
- What is the importance of proportional reasoning when making sense of the relationship between two things?
keywords
Proportional reasoning