Ratio (āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ) : A ratio compares two quantities.(āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§° āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Example | āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : 3:5
- Read as “3 to 5”, āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ “ā§Š ā§° āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ ā§Ģ” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- It also means 3 out of 5. (āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨ ā§Ģ āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ ā§Š āĻāĻžāĨ¤)
Ratio as a Fraction (āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ ā§°ā§āĻĒāϤ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ) : 3: 5
• Ratio 3:5 can be written as the fraction 3/5. (ā§Š:ā§Ģ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻ ā§Š/ā§Ģ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ ā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤)
Ratio as a Decimal (āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ ā§°ā§āĻĒāϤ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ) : 3/5 = 0.6
- Divide 3 by 5 to get the decimal. (ā§Š āĻ ā§Ģ ā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)Ratio as a Percent (āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ ā§°ā§āĻĒāϤ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ)
0.6 = 60%
• 0.6 as a percent is 60%. (ā§Ļ.ā§Ŧ āĻ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠ā§Ŧā§Ļ% āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Easy Trick : āϏāĻšāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ : To change a decimal into a percent, multiply by 100 and add %. (āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠⧧ā§Ļā§Ļ ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ % āϞāĻāĻžāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Ratio to Percent : āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻž
1st: Turn the ratio into a fraction (āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻ) : 3:5 = 3/5â
2nd: Make denominator 100 (āĻšā§° ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻā§°āĻ) : 3/5 = 60/100