Games at Recess
The students in Mr. Hill’s class played games at recess.
\hskip30pt6 boys played soccer
\hskip30pt4 girls played soccer
\hskip30pt2 boys jumped rope
\hskip30pt8 girls jumped rope
Afterward, Mr. Hill asked the students to compare the boys and girls playing different games.
Mika said,
“Four more girls jumped rope than played soccer.”Chaska said,
“For every girl that played soccer, two girls jumped rope.”
Mr. Hill said, “Mika compared the girls by looking at the difference and Chaska compared the girls using a ratio.”
- Compare the number of boys who played soccer and jumped rope using the difference. Write your answer as a sentence as Mika did.
- Compare the number of boys who played soccer and jumped rope using a ratio. Write your answer as a sentence as Chaska did.
- Compare the number of girls who played soccer to the number of boys who played soccer using a ratio. Write your answer as a sentence as Chaska did.