Part to Part and Part to Whole

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True or False: To find the whole, you must add the parts.

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True

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A local movie theater has 24 screens. In the summer, the ratio of action films to other films is 2 to 1. How many screens are showing action films?

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16 action films

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The local library has a Children's Section with 2 picture books for every 3 chapter books. If there are 500 books in the Children's Section, how many books are chapter books?

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300 chapter books

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What is the ratio of bees to bugs in simplest form if there are 5 bees and 6 bugs?

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5 to 6

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A steakhouse has a server to cook ratio of 5 : 2. The total number of servers and cooks is 42. How many servers does the steakhouse employ?

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30 servers

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Define 'ratio'.

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A ratio is a comparison of two quantities by division.

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What does 'part to part' mean in ratios?

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'Part to part' compares one part of a whole to another part of the same whole.

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What does 'part to whole' mean in ratios?

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'Part to whole' compares a part of a whole to the entire whole.

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If the ratio of cats to dogs is 3 to 4, how many cats are there if there are 28 dogs?

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21 cats (3/4 = x/28, x = 21).

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How do you simplify the ratio 10:15?

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Divide both sides by 5 to get 2:3.