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Advanced Challenges · Episode 7 of DinoMath

Practice ratios and proportions

A ratio compares two quantities and a proportion equates two ratios.

In DinoMath you use them to compare and relate quantities in nature.

Practice example

3:6 = 1:2 · 2/5 = x/10 → x = 4

What you’ll practice

Concept of ratio

Compare two quantities with a ratio.

Simplify ratios

Reduce ratios to their simplest form.

Proportions

Solve equalities between ratios.

Real-life ratios

Apply ratios to recipes, maps and mixtures.

Practice Mode: Ratios and Proportions

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