Equivalent Ratios

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What is an equivalent ratio?

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An equivalent ratio is a ratio that expresses the same relationship between two quantities, even if the numbers are different. For example, 1:2 and 2:4 are equivalent ratios.

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How do you find an equivalent ratio?

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To find an equivalent ratio, you can multiply or divide both terms of the ratio by the same non-zero number.

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What is the ratio of 6 to 5?

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The ratio of 6 to 5 is written as 6:5.

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If the ratio is 3:8, what is the equivalent ratio when multiplied by 2?

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The equivalent ratio is 6:16.

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What number should go in the blank to make the ratios equivalent? 6 : 5 and 54 : __?__

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45

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What number should go in the blank to make the ratios equivalent? 3 : 8 and __?__ : 48

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18

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What number should go in the blank to make the ratios equivalent? 7 : 10 and 63 : __?__

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90

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What number should go in the blank to make the ratios equivalent? 7 : 4 and __?__ : 24

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42

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What number should go in the blank to make the ratios equivalent? 7 : 2 and 21 : __?__

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6

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What is the relationship between the terms in a ratio?

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The terms in a ratio show how many times one value contains or is contained within the other.