where students teach themselves
A comprehensive geometry curriculum
Geometry for School and Home
Activity 3.8
Assignment 3.9
Assignment 6.1
Ratio in Geometry
Objectives
Write and simplify ratios of lengths of line segments.
Compare ratios by:
-
simplifying
-
converting to decimal
Next
About Geometry Worksheet Assignment 6.1:
Assignment 6.1 is an introduction to ratios in geometry.
Prerequisite Skills: Identify lengths of line segments (Assignment 1.12). Simplify fractions.
Definitions: A ratio is a comparison of two numbers. For two numbers a and b, the ratio comparing a to b can be written as a:b or a .
b
Ratios that can be simplified to the same ratio are equal ratios.