Make sure you give the simplest form of the ratio.
1:116 or 1/116
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A ratio is a comparison of two quantities by division. We can write a ratio of two numbers a and b, where b ≠0, in two ways.
a/b a : b
We usually express a and b in the same unit and write the ratio in its simplest form. We are given the following measurements.
Number of math teachers:& 16
Number of math students:& 1856
We want to find the ratio of math teachers to math students.
16/1856
Now, we can write the ratio as fraction in its simplest form.
