6.1.1

Ratios

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Ratios

A ratio shows how much there is of one thing compared with another thing.

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Example farm ratio problem

  • The ratio of cows to sheep on a farm is 2:3. I have 500 animals in total.
    • How many cows are there and how many sheep?
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2) Divide number of animals by parts

  • Divide the total number of animals by the total number of parts to find out how many animals there are in each equal part.
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3) Multiply ratios by 100

  • Multiply 100 (the number of animals in each part) by each side of the ratio to find the numbers of cows and sheep.
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Write the answers

  • There are 200 cows and 300 sheep.

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1Angles

2Fractions

3Time

4Prime Numbers

4.1Prime Numbers

5Probability

6Ratio

6.1Ratios

7Sequences

8Area & Perimeter

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