Understanding Ratios Practice Flashcard

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What is a ratio?

Back

A comparison of two quantities.

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What is the ratio of red to not red Skittles?

Back

Part-to-part.

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What is the ratio of squares to triangles if there are 3 squares and 9 triangles?

Back

3 to 9.

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How can ratios be expressed?

Back

Ratios can be written with the word 'to', with a colon, or as a fraction.

Front

Which of the following is a way to write ratios?

Back

a to b.

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What does a part-to-part ratio compare?

Back

It compares two parts of a whole.

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What does a part-to-whole ratio compare?

Back

It compares a part to the entire whole.

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What does a whole-to-part ratio compare?

Back

It compares the whole to a part of it.

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What is an example of a ratio in everyday life?

Back

The ratio of boys to girls in a classroom.

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If there are 4 apples and 2 oranges, what is the ratio of apples to oranges?

Back

4 to 2 or simplified, 2 to 1.