Lesson Activity Comparing Quantities
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:

Content Knowledge—You will study ratios and use them to describe relationships between quantities.
Mathematical Practices—You will make sense of problems and solve them, reason abstractly and quantitatively, and use mathematics to model real-world situations.
STEM—You will apply mathematical and technology tools and knowledge to analyze real-world situations.
21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, assess and validate information, and communicate effectively.
Directions
Read the instructions for this self-checked activity. Type in your response to each question, and check your answers. At the end of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work.

Activity
Priscilla’s grandmother’s fruit salad recipe calls for one part apple, one part orange, four parts strawberry, two parts cherry, and three parts grape. Priscilla uses the same measuring cup to measure all of the fruit, so one part is equal to one cup of diced fruit. In this exercise, you will compare the quantities in the recipe to understand ratios better.

Part A
Write a sentence comparing the quantity of apples with the quantity of grapes.

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For every one part of apples, there are three parts of grapes.

Part B
Compare the quantities of apples and strawberries given in the fruit salad recipe. Write your answer in a sentence.
The subject is fitness basics not health