How are ratios different from fractions?

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Parabola
Mar 14, 2018

It is how you use it...

Explanation:

Really, fractions "are" another way of representing rations. However, the difference comes in how you use it.

Ratios are used to compare things like "If there are x amount of this, then there are y amount of that"

For example, if you have 1:2 and you are comparing the number of boys to girls, you can say that:
For every one boy, there are two girls.

A fraction represents part of a whole.

For example, if you have 1/2, then you can say that you want one out of two. Fractions, in other words, tell you how much you have in comparison to the whole.

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