IM 6.2.4 Practice: Color Mixtures

Here is a diagram showing a mixture of red paint and green paint needed for 1 batch of a particular shade of brown. Add to the diagram so that it shows 3 batches of the same shade of brown paint.

Diego makes green paint by mixing 10 tablespoons of yellow paint and 2 tablespoons of blue paint. Which of these mixtures produce the same shade of green paint as Diego’s mixture? Select [b]all [/b]that apply.

For every 5 tablespoons of blue paint, mix in 1 tablespoon of yellow paint. For every tablespoon of blue paint, mix in 5 tablespoons of yellow paint. Mix tablespoons of yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio 15 to 3. Mix 11 tablespoons of yellow paint and 3 tablespoons of blue paint. Mix tablespoons of blue paint and yellow paint in the ratio [math]1:5[/math].

To make 1 batch of sky blue paint, Clare mixes 2 cups of blue paint with 1 gallon of white paint.

Explain how Clare can make 2 batches of sky blue paint.[br]

Explain how to make a mixture that is a darker shade of blue than the sky blue.[br]

Explain how to make a mixture that is a lighter shade of blue than the sky blue.[br]

A smoothie recipe calls for 3 cups of milk, 2 frozen bananas and 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup. Create a diagram to represent the quantities of each ingredient in the recipe.

Write 3 different sentences that use a ratio to describe the recipe.[br]

Write the missing number under each tick mark on the number line.

Find the area of the parallelogram. Show your reasoning.

Complete the equation with a number that makes it true.

[math]11\cdot\frac{1}{4}=[/math]____

[math]7\cdot\frac{1}{4}=[/math]____

[math]13\cdot\frac{1}{27}=[/math]____

[math]13\cdot\frac{1}{99}=[/math]____

[math]x\cdot\frac{1}{y}=[/math]____ [br](as long as [math]y[/math] does not equal 0.)