This ratio tells us that for every four chocolate cupcakes, there are two strawberry cupcakes. You need to work out how many times the number 4 (from the ratio) has been multiplied to get to 24.

There are 5 orange parts for every 2 blue parts. The ratio of orange to blue parts is 5 : 2. The first number in the ratio is 5 because the orange parts are mentioned first. The numbers are in the ...

The debt-to-equity ratio is the metabolic typing equivalent for businesses. It can tell you what type of funding – debt or equity – a business primarily runs on. "Observing a company's capital ...