1. Ratios
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How many shirts are there? How many pants?
3 to 7, or 3 : 7
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 shirts and the pants.
We have 3 shirts and 7 pants. Therefore, the ratio of shirts to pants is 3 to 7, or 3 : 7.