Business Over Party: Ratio Lab
Mullet Ratio Lab: Ratios and Comparing Ratios
Business in front, party in the back. Students find the Mullet Ratio (party ÷ business) with silly units, judge mullet-offs, and graph haircuts on y = kx.
- Grades
- Grades 6–7
- Math
- Ratios, comparing ratios and y = kx
- Format
- Solo
- Time
- One class period
- Runs on
- Any browser — Chromebooks and projectors
How the lab plays
- Students sort the haircuts that aren't mullets — including the ones you can't divide by zero.
- They find missing lengths and design cuts to hit a target ratio.
- An Open Middle puzzle wraps it up. Every haircut is a cartoon.
Skills covered
- Writing and comparing ratios
- Ratios with different units
- Finding missing values
- Graphing ratios on y = kx
Built-in questions follow the NC Standard Course of Study. You can upload your own question banks for any state's standards.
How to run it
Introduce it
Use the slide deck from the lab's resource shelf to set up the investigation.
Work the missions
Students sign in with their login cards and work through the missions, measuring and recording as they go.
Review the data
Every student's data is saved. View it in the Teacher Portal or download it as a CSV.
Discuss and check
Bring the class together around the results, then finish with the exit ticket.
Try Business Over Party: Ratio Lab with your class
Business Over Party: Ratio Lab is one of 19 games and labs in Numeria. A free trial unlocks all of them, plus the Teacher Portal, login cards, one class leaderboard, and the slides, guides and activities that come with every lab.
Up to 6 class periods, 40 students each. Each request is approved by hand, usually within a day.
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