Mathematics 2016 Standards of Learning - Grade 6 ...

Example: The ratio of dogs to the total number of pets at a grooming salon is 5:8. This implies that 5 out of every 8 pets being groomed is a dog. This part-to-whole ratio could be represented as the fraction . 5 8 (5 8 . of all pets are dogs), the decimal 0.625 (0.625 of the number of pets are dogs), or as the percent 62.5% (62.5% of the pets ... ................
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