Hi!
My name is Charlie Brown
I’m the Captain of
my very own
Baseball team…
and today is our first
big game!
All our Friends
are on the team
I recruit only the
very best!
Besides managing, I am also the team’s pitcher. It’s a
very important position. In every game, I can either
be the hero… or the goat. It’s very difficult.
I throw to Schroeder, who
is our catcher.
He’s also a great piano
player
Let’s see here…
My sister Sally plays
on first base…
..Linus guards second
base like a champ…
… and nothing gets
past Pigpen at third…
… and nothing gets
past Pigpen at third…
… except maybe bathtime…
Lucy and Peppermint Patty play in the field.
So the whole team is
made up of:
7 Players in all.
We sure do make a great team!
I just know we can win today!
There’s just one small problem…
The game
starts in
twenty
minutes
And I’m the ONLY ONE HERE!
I’ve got to find
everyone…
and FAST!
Maybe you
can help me!
We’d better get busy…
I made this dandy chart to help us
keep track of the team. Have a look!
So far… I’m the only one ready to go…
And we are missing everyone else!!!
There are two really simple
ways to say this.
For starters, let’s just compare
the two groups on my little chart.
“How many
are in the first
group”
Compared
to
“How many are
in the second
group”
Compared to…
And we write it
like this:
…person
present…
to
… people not
present.
We call this a….
Ratio!
So right now, the ratio of
people ready to people missing is:
“ ONE
to
SIX”
The second way to
describe the team…
is a little different.
This time, instead of comparing the
number of ready people to the number of
missing ones…
We will compare the number of players
who are ready…
To the number of players
on the ENTIRE TEAM
To the number of players
on the ENTIRE TEAM
Looking at the team
THIS way shows us
what:
… of the…
We are talking about.
So right now
there is only :
…of the…
“7” total team members ready to play.
So you can see that
we now have:
…person ready
to play…
…out of…
… total players
on the team!
… and that is what we call a…
Fraction!
Think you’ve got it?
I hope so, because
you’ll need those skills
soon.
We’re close to
Schroeder’s house!
Schroeder! What
are you doing?
You know we have a
game soon!
Oh I know, Chuck.
I’m just getting
prepared.
Nothing psychs me up like
Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.
I’ll go over as
soon as I finish.
OK then… We’ll see
you there in a few
minutes!
Good.
Shroeder is
accounted for.
So now that we know where Schroeder is…
We have….
…TWO ready to
go and…
And FIVE still
missing
Do you remember how
to show that as a ratio?
If you said…
TWO
to
FIVE
Then you would be
exactly right!
Good work! Now, the ratio of
people ready to people missing is:
“ TWO
to
FIVE”
Now to show this
as a fraction…
… we still have the
7 team members
on the bottom…
… but now one more of the seven is
accounted for so...
Now TWO are
ready out of the
SEVEN total team
members.
Do you remember how to write that?
Bingo!
“TWO out
of SEVEN”
or…
“Two
Sevenths”
Looks like you are really
getting the hang of this.
You have the makings of an
excellent manager!
Let’s see who else
we can find.
Somehow…
I think I’m
forgetting
something…
Hey Linus!
C’mon! Hurry!
We’ll be late!
C’mon Linus! The game
starts really soon!
Oh. Right.
Hey come on
you guys…
It’s almost
game time!
Yep… I know. I was
just telling Linus.
Sheesh…
We know,
Charlie Brown.
We’ll be
there.
Well… that’s
two more.
We’re getting
closer!
So if we have Sally and Linus now…
We have….
…FOUR ready to
go and…
…THREE still
missing
So… I bet you can tell me the
ratio of ready players to
missing ones… can’t you?
What do you think?
Did you
say..
FOUR
to
THREE?
Do you know the
FRACTION of the team
that is READY TO PLAY?
The size of the team
hasn’t changed…
there are still SEVEN.
… but now two more of us are ready to go!
So that
makes…
“FOUR out
of SEVEN”
or…
“FOUR
Sevenths” of us
that are ready!
Good, Good! Now we only
need to find the remaining
three team members, and
we have the whole team!
As a matter of fact… I think I see
them coming this way now!
Lucy! Patty! Pigpen!
Are you going
to the game?
On our way, Chuck!
One step
ahead of you!
Word.
Well, that’s everyone!
Good grief!
I guess a manager’s
work is never done!
Everyone’s
ready, so…
… now there’s no
number of missing
players…
… to compare
the number of
ready players
to…
It’s just easier to say
“All Seven are ready”.
“ SEVEN
to
Doesn’t tell us much.
ZERO”
Fractions are different though.
We can still compare the
number of ready players to the
number of players on the team.
Watch what happens:
Now all 7
of us are
ready to
play
Out of the
7 on the
team.
Which tells us
that…
“SEVENout
of SEVEN”
or…
“Seven
Sevenths” of us
that are ready!
READY
And as you might
have guessed…
Team of:
Seven ready players out of a
team made of seven players…
Is equal to one whole team… ready to play!
Well it looks like things are
finally in order.
… and just in
time, too!
Good Grief!
That really could
have been a mess.
Thanks for coming
by to help!
Now that you can
compare groups
with ratios and
fractions…
You can
compare all
sorts of
things.
Maybe you’ll even manage a
baseball team one day.
You never know...
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