Ratio

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A ratio between two or more quantities is a way of measuring their sizes compared to

each other. A ratio can be indicated using colon (":") as a separator (as in 1:4:9),[1] or it
can be simply expressed as a fraction (as in ).[2][3]
For example, if a school has 20 teachers and 500 pupils, then the ratio of teachers to
students is written as 20:500 (and pronounced as "20 to 500"). As another example, if a
cake mix asks for 100 grams of flour, 300 grams of butter and 25 grams of sugar, then
the ratio of flour to butter to sugar is written as 100:300:25 (and pronounced as "100 to
300 to 25").
The first term of a ratio is called antecedent, and the second term is called consequent.
This type of ratio has no units. If different quantities are compared, this special type of
ratio is called a rate and it has units.[3]
Ratios can be simplified. In the school example, there were 20 teachers to 500 pupils. If
we divided the children up into equally sized classes, then each of the 20 teachers'
classes would have 25 pupils. That means that for each teacher there are 25 pupils, or
alternatively, the teacher-to-pupil ratio is 1:25. Another way to work this out is to divide
both sides of the ratio 20:500 by 20. Note that 20:500 is the same as 1:25. Just like
there are different ways of writing a fraction (for example 2/1 = 10/5), there are different
ways of writing one ratio.

Related page[change | change source]

 Dimensionless quantity
 Golden ratio
 Scale (ratio)
 Surface area to volume ratio

References[change | change source]
1. ↑ "Compendium of Mathematical Symbols".  Math Vault. 2020-03-01. Retrieved  2020-08-22.
2. ↑ "Ratios". www.mathsisfun.com. Retrieved  2020-08-22.
3. ↑     Stapel, Elizabeth. "Ratios". Purplemath. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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