1. Ratios
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How many frogs are there? How many turtles?
2 to 5, or 2 : 5
Recall that a ratio is a comparison of two quantities by division. For example, the ratio of a to b can be written in two different ways.
a/b or a: b
Let's count the frogs and the turtles.
We have 2 frogs and 5 turtles. Therefore, the ratio of frogs to turtles is 2 to 5, or 2 : 5.