super important math question

[sorrel]

less than 28 to 1   <28:1 would be 35:1
right?
the bigger it gets the smaller it goes?

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[gr8dayseth]

I *think* so, that would make sense anyway.
But then again since when did algebra make sense?

[Fab]

Get a book and dont ask the forums. Its better for your health.

[dargereldren]

In terms of fractions, 28/1 < 35/1

[sir dooble]

Yes.
In those ratios you're basically dividing 1 by increasingly larger numbers.

So, the more pieces you split 1 into, the smaller those individual pieces will be.

[otto-san]

Yes.
In those ratios you're basically dividing 1 by increasingly larger numbers.

So, the more pieces you split 1 into, the smaller those individual pieces will be.

well in those it's x/1 not 1/x

[TristanLuigi]

5:1 is literally just equal to 5.
1:5 is equal to 0.2, or one fifth.

Remember that ratios are basically just division. (Okay, this grammar annoys the HELL out of me. How the forget am I supposed to make it? "Ratios is basically just division" makes even less sense, but as it is now, it's off too. forget this.)

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/bqve1ympeu

By the way, why didn't you ask your teacher this when she was teaching? And, if you're 16, why are you doing like 4th grade math?

[Blockzillahead]

are you asking us if 35 is greater than 28?

[Operator¹]

By the way, why didn't you ask your teacher this when she was teaching? And, if you're 16, why are you doing like 4th grade math?

They're trying to push harder concepts onto lower grades in the american education system, so what would be considered 5th grade math now was considered 6th-8th grade math then.

[sir dooble]

well in those it's x/1 not 1/x

I kind of assumed he put it the wrong way round. I didn't think dividing by 1 would be something he would want confirmation over. But maybe.

[TristanLuigi]

They're trying to push harder concepts onto lower grades in the american education system, so what would be considered 5th grade math now was considered 6th-8th grade math then.

But this is an easier concept. He's 15, so that would make him a freshman. A freshman should know how to do ratios. As you said, they're moving concepts down (making math harder), not up (making it easier). When I was learning them, it was 4th or 5th grade, and by now probably lower. Even if when he was that age it was higher up, he should have still learned it in 6th, 7th or 8th.

[Operator¹]

But this is an easier concept. He's 15, so that would make him a freshman.

Only if his birthday is during the school year.

source : my birthday is in August and you can check my profile age