Question

What is 6 tons to 18 tons as a ratio?

Answer 1

6 tons to 18 tons as a ratio is 1 : 3.

Explanation:

A ratio tells us how two numbers compare to each other , I.e. how bigger or smaller a number is than another number.

Given that, to compare 6 tons to 18 tons, we just compare the two numbers by writing them as a fraction in the following manner:

`(6\:tons)/(18\:tons )`

which we simply by diving the numerator and the denominator by 6:

`(6\:tons)/(18\:tons )=(6\:tons/6)/(18\:tons/6 )=\boxed{(1\:tons)/(3\:tons )}`

which tells us 18 tons is 3 times bigger than 6 tons.