#NumberAndAlgebra #Core
>[!info]- [Ratios and rates | NSW Curriculum Website](https://curriculum.nsw.edu.au/learning-areas/mathematics/mathematics-k-10-2022/content/stage-4/faf41ae0d9)
>- MA4-RAT-C-01 solves problems involving ratios and rates, and analyses distance–time graphs
## 📖 Prior Knowledge
| Content | Prior knowledge | Used for |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [[Non-spatial Measure B]] | - unit conversions for time and mass | - converting rates |
| [[Fractions Decimals Percentages]] | - simplifying fractions<br>- expressing as a proportion | - simplifying ratios and rates<br>- expressing part:part ratios as fraction of a whole |
| [[Volume]] | - converting units of capacity | - rate problems involving volume |
| [[Equations]] | - solving equations | - unitary method |
## [[Recognise and simplify ratios.pdf]]
- Use ratios to compare 2 or more quantities measured in the same units
- Identify and express one part of a ratio as a fraction of the whole
- Simplify ratios
## [[Solve problems involving ratios.pdf]]
- Apply the unitary method to solve ratio problems
- Divide a quantity in a given ratio
- Solve real-life problems involving ratios
## [[Recognise and simplify rates.pdf]]
- Explain the differences between ratios and rates
- Represent given information as a simplified rate
- Convert between units for rates
## [[Solve problems involving rates.pdf]]
- Solve a variety of real-life problems involving rates
- Examine financial applications of rates, such as best buys
## [[Interpret and construct distance–time graphs from authentic data.pdf]]
- Interpret distance–time graphs made up of straight-line segments with a negative, zero or positive slope
- Calculate speeds for straight-line segments of given distance–time graphs
- Create distance–time graphs made up of straight-line segments