Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Chapter 6 Ratio
Chapter 6 Ratio
Simplifying ratios
Ratios are used to compare one quantity with another quantity.
If there are 6 red sweets and 2 green sweets then the ratio of red
to green can be written as
red : green = 6 : 2
red : green = 3 : 1
Ratios are simplified in a similar way to fractions.
6:2 Divide both sides of the ratio
÷2 ÷2
=3:1 by the common factor 2.
49 : 28 36 : 48
÷7 ÷7 ÷ 12 ÷ 12
=7:4 =3:4
3 1 2 4
: :
×4 4 2 ×4 × 15 3 5 × 15
=3:2 = 10 : 12
÷2 ÷2
=5:6
9 cm : 2 m 3 kg : 200 g
= 9 : 200 = 3000 : 200
÷ 100 ÷ 100
= 30 : 2
÷2 ÷2
= 15 : 1
Dividing quantities in a given ratio
Paulo wants to share $20 between Alano and Bernardo in the ratio 3 : 2.
This means that the $20 is divided into 3 + 2 = 5 parts.
Each part is worth $20 ÷ 5 = $4.
$4 $4 $4 $4 $4
$9 $9 $9 $9 $9 $9