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essentials ratios

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:30 pm
by gilbertstone
hello please help I need to work out ratios in the simplest form a,75cm:2m b6kg:2400g and c£5:260p thank you in advance

Re: essentials ratios

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:54 pm
by ToadMum
gilbertstone wrote:hello please help I need to work out ratios in the simplest form a,75cm:2m b6kg:2400g and c£5:260p thank you in advance
Try writing out each pair in the same units and then simplify

e.g. 75cm : 2m
= 75cm : 200cm
Find something which divides into both...

Re: essentials ratios

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:36 am
by KB
For the simplest form don't forget to keep dividing by something that goes into both until you can't go any further! So with the first one if you divide each side by 5, you can still divide further....

Re: essentials ratios

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:50 am
by gilbertstone
hello thank you for the reply