What Is a Part Ratio

part-part ratio. • a ratio that compares a selected number of parts. to a number of other parts in a whole.

What are the two part of ratio?

The two numbers in a ratio are called the terms; the first and the second. When the first term is larger, we say it is so many times the smaller.

What is the first part of a ratio?

Consequently, a ratio may be considered as an ordered pair of numbers, a fraction with the first number in the numerator and the second in the denominator, or as the value denoted by this fraction. Ratios of counts, given by (non-zero) natural numbers, are rational numbers, and may sometimes be natural numbers.