IXL | Identify equivalent ratios

Are the ratios

1:2

and

5:8

equivalent?

yes

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question

Are the ratios

20:8

and

5:2

equivalent?

yes

key idea

Equivalent ratios have the same value.

To determine whether two ratios are equivalent, write them as fractions. If the fractions are equal, the ratios are equivalent.

solution

First, write the ratios as fractions.

The first number is the numerator. The second number is the denominator.

20:8

5:2

You can compare the fractions using a common denominator.

The denominators are 8 and 2. You can use 8 as the common denominator since 8 is a multiple of 2.

Write

with a denominator of 8.

So,

and

are equal.

This means that the ratios

20:8

and

5:2

are

equivalent.

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