Understanding Ratios

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What is a ratio?

Back

A comparison of two quantities.

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What is the ratio of circles to total shapes if there are 6 circles and 12 total shapes?

Back

6 to 12 or simplified to 1 to 2.

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If 5 students like basketball, 7 like football, 3 like volleyball, and 6 like cheer/dance, what is the ratio of students who like football to the total number of students?

Back

7 to 21, which simplifies to 1 to 3.

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What is the ratio of cherries to pears if there are 8 cherries and 2 pears?

Back

8 to 2.

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In a class of 18 students, if 5 have A's, 7 have B's, and the rest have C's, what is the ratio of students with C's to those with A's?

Back

6 to 5.

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How do you simplify the ratio 18 to 6?

Back

Divide both numbers by 6 to get 3 to 1.

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What is the ratio of 4 apples to 8 oranges?

Back

4 to 8, which simplifies to 1 to 2.

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If a recipe calls for 2 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar, what is the ratio of flour to sugar?

Back

2 to 3.

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What is the ratio of 10 to 5?

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10 to 5, which simplifies to 2 to 1.

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If there are 12 boys and 8 girls in a class, what is the ratio of boys to girls?

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12 to 8, which simplifies to 3 to 2.