P7 – Mathematics: Let your Child Understand Ratios

📊 Understanding Ratios

Ratios are a powerful way to compare quantities. Whether you’re dividing money among friends, sharing pencils in class, or organizing a choir, ratios help ensure fairness and proportion.

A ratio tells us how much of one thing there is compared to another. For example, a ratio of 2:3 means that for every 2 units of one item, there are 3 units of another.

🔧 Why Ratios Matter

• Fair distribution: Used in sharing resources like money, food, or time.
• Scaling quantities: Helpful in recipes, construction, budgeting, and planning.
• Problem-solving: Common in exams, business, and everyday decision-making.

🧮 Basic Steps to Solve Ratio Problems

1. Add the parts of the ratio to get the total number of parts.
2. Divide the total quantity by the total number of parts to find the value of one part.
3. Multiply the value of one part by the number of parts for the group you’re interested in.