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What is the ratio of cats to pumpkins? What is the ratio of pumpkins to cats? Write

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What is the ratio of cats to pumpkins? What is the ratio of pumpkins to cats? Write-example-1
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Answer:

There is 1 cat to 3 pumpkins

1 : 3

1 to 3


\( \displaystyle (1)/(3) \)

Explanation:

A ratio says how much of one thing there is compared to another thing.

There are 2 cats and 6 pumpkins, so we say:

"There are 2 cats to 6 pumpkins"

Ratios can be shown in different ways:

Use the ":" to separate the values: 2 : 6

Use the word "to": 2 to 6


\textsf{write it like a fraction}:\ \( \displaystyle (2)/(6) \)

This ratio can be reduced to its simplest form by divide both numbers by 2. So the ratio in its simplest form is:

There is 1 cat to 3 pumpkins

1 : 3

1 to 3


\( \displaystyle (1)/(3) \)

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