They compare things so you can see how they match up to each other.​

Ratios

Ratios compare at least 2 numeric values to each other

Like the number of girls to boys in a class.

The amount you pay for fruits when weighted.

The number of bags of Takis to the amount paid.​

​When comparing order is important

​How something is said determines the ratio order.​

Your answer should have:

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number of dogs : number of cats.

​If you are asked for dogs compared to cats.

​Comparing at least 2 values to each other, in which order is of the utmost importance.

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Grandma drove the car not the car drove grandma​

​​Ratio

​​Equivalent Ratios

​A scale factor is what the ratio is increasing by, like:

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• When we say to double, we are using the scale factor of ____.

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• Or when we say triple, we are using the scale factor of _____.​

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Ratios and their scale factors

Scale Factors can shrink too.

When we use a scale factor to reduce the ratio like 10:12 can be reduced to a ratio of 5:6

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In this case the ratio has a scale factor of 1/2​