What are Ratios? - Definition & Examples
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- (Video) Ratio and Rates by Math Antics This video by mathantics explains ratios and rates. Summary\large{\text{Summary}}Summary A ratio is a comparison or relationship of two nu…
By Alex Federspiel, Amy Feraco, Jonathan Heller, Anusha Rahman
- A ratio is used to compare 222 or more values. We often use “:” to denote a ratio. For example, if there are 333 boys and 555 girls in a classroom, we could write the ratio as: …
By Eunji Kwon, Anusha Rahman
- Ratios Ratios represent relationships between multiple quantities. Usually, you denote a ratio by using ::: or 00.\frac{\phantom{00}}{}.00. Examples 2 cats:5 dogs \text{2 cats}…
By Caroline K
Problems 25
- Which of these is defined as a ratio?
- What is the ratio of 141414 pennies to 848484 pennies, in reduced form?
- What is the ratio of 555 feet to 666 inches (in reduced form)?
- What is the ratio of the number of triangles, △\triangle△, to the number of circles, ∘\circ∘? △△△∘∘∘∘∘∘△△△∘∘∘∘∘∘△△△∘∘∘∘∘∘\triangle\triangle\triangle\circ\circ\circ\circ\circ\cir…
- The ratio of cats to dogs in the neighborhood is 5 cats:2 dogs.5\text{ cats}:2\text{ dogs}.5 cats:2 dogs. If there are 757575 cats in the neighborhood, how many dogs are there?
- The ratio of boys to girls in the classroom is 2 boys:3 girls2\text{ boys}:3\text{ girls}2 boys:3 girls with 363636 girls. But today 101010 more boys joined the school. What is …
- There are 205205205 pets (cats, dogs, and rabbits) in the neighborhood. The ratio between cats and dogs is 2 cats:9 dogs.2\text{ cats}:9\text{ dogs}.2 cats:9 dogs. There are 181…
- An Expii page has 222 explanations and 888 problems. What's the ratio of explanations to problems?
- The ratio of boys to girls at a school is 4:3.4:3.4:3. If there are 210210210 students at the school, how many more boys than girls are there?
- How are ratios written?
- The ratio of dogs to cats in the vet's office is 3 dogs:7 cats.3\text{ dogs} : 7 \text{ cats}.3 dogs:7 cats. There are 212121 dogs, how many cats are there?
- If Jarod has 909090 blue marbles and 818181 purple marbles, would it be correct to say he has a simplified ratio of 10:910:910:9 purple to blue marbles?
- You spend 202020 weeks working at your favorite restaurant. You work 777 days a week and 888 hours every day. What is the ratio of hours spent working to hours spent not working…
- A teacher sets a goal for her students to get more AAA's on her math tests than BBB's. Which answer shows a ratio of AAA's to BBB's that achieves this goal?
- Reduce this ratio to its simplest form: 154:21154:21154:21
- If 343434 out of 180180180 girls in Jenna's high school are blonde, what is the simplified ratio of blonde girls to brunette girls? Assuming the girls are categorized as either …
- Clara is throwing a party, and she needs 666 liters of soda for every 141414 guests. If she has 424242 guests, how many liters of soda does Clara need?
- In a group of 424242 children, 181818 of them like broccoli and the rest do not. Express this group in a simplified ratio of children who do not like broccoli to children who do.
- Reduce this ratio to its simplest form: 149:17149:17149:17
- The rebel chickens number 130130130. Sadly, the imperial chickens number 910910910. What is the ratio of imperial chickens to rebel chickens?
- Natalie organized her closet at the beginning of summer. Currently, she has 202020 summer tops and 777 summer bottoms. Natalie wants a 222 to 111 ratio between her summer tops a…
- Ronnie recently opened a cafe. He wants to create a "hidden garden" type of vibe for his new cafe. As part of the interior decor, Ronnie bought 242424 succulents in mid-sized po…
- Dex and Haley both collect hats. Dex has 555 baseball caps, 222 bucket hats and 777 knit beanies. Haley has 333 caps, 222 sun hats and 555 knit beanies. Let's categorize caps, b…
- Frances re-organized her closet based on color. On the clothing rack, she has 222 red items, 333 yellow items, 111 green items, 666 blue items, 111111 black items and 333 white …
- A local ice cream story sells 242424 different flavors of ice-cream. The ratio between fruit flavors and non-fruit flavors is 1:31:31:3. How many fruit flavors are there?