Equivalent Ratios

Free interactive math game: Equivalent Ratios — Simplify 15:25. Part of the Percentages category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. Simplify the ratio 4:14
  2. Simplify the ratio 10:16
  3. Simplify the ratio 12:28
  4. Simplify the ratio 12:21

About this exercise

Recognizing ratios that describe the same relationship.

How to solve it

Simplify both ratios, or check whether one is a whole multiple of the other.

Worked example

2 to 3 is equivalent to 8 to 12, because both sides were multiplied by 4.

Common mistake

Adding to both sides. Ratios stay equivalent under multiplication, not under addition.