Question

ratios 6:18 penguines

Answer 1

SOLUTION

ratio 6:18 will be broken to the lowest term.

Note that ratio means division. So this becomes

$\begin{gathered} 6\colon8=\frac{6}{18} \\ 6\text{ will divide itself we have 1} \\ 18\text{ will divide 6, we have 3} \\ We\text{ have } \\ \frac{6}{18} \\ =\frac{1}{3} \end{gathered}$

Hence the answer is

$1\colon3$