I have found that changing a percentage to a ratio has made a lot of ads seem much clearer if there is a large difference or the huge percentage difference. As there could have been just 3 people voting, and if one person says no and two people say yes, it is automatically a 50% difference,but there is not much difference in the number of people.
Part to part ratios are ratios which compare one part to another part, whilst part to whole ratios compare the whole thing to one part.
You can scale or use equivalent ratios to solve a proportion by making both a fraction, then making the denominators equal to compare them properly.
You can scale or use equivalent ratios to find out if 9/11 of a packet or 6/7ths of a packet is more, and choose the one that is more.
Part to part ratios are ratios which compare one part to another part, whilst part to whole ratios compare the whole thing to one part.
You can scale or use equivalent ratios to solve a proportion by making both a fraction, then making the denominators equal to compare them properly.
You can scale or use equivalent ratios to find out if 9/11 of a packet or 6/7ths of a packet is more, and choose the one that is more.
Hi Aiden,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog. It is brief yet concise. However, the blog will be more interesting if you could provide more examples (or expand on your examples) and provide supporting exhibits.
"I have found that changing a percentage to a ratio has made a lot of ads seem much clearer if there is a large difference or the huge percentage difference." Could you provide an example to help the reader understand?
Ms. Wang =)