Sagot :
MATHEMATICAL PHRASE
Remember:
- Ratio is a two different quantities that is compared together.
- Ratio can be expressed as word form,colon-form or fraction form.
- Always get the simpliest form of any ratios given. It may not be stated but there is a rule in mathematics to simplify your answer as long as it is possible.
Given that:
- The Ratio of a and b
ANSWER
Colon form:
- a : b
Fraction form
- a/b
====================================
Additional Examples:
1. The ratio of boys to girls is two is to three.
- 2:3 , 2/3
2. There are 30 males and 40 females in a class.Find the ratio of males to females
- 30:40 = 3:4 in simpliest form
- 3:4 , 3/4
3. Cows to carabaos are fifteen is to twenty. Find the ratio of cows to carabaos.
- 15:20 = 3:4 in simpliest form
- 3:4 , 3/4