Ratio of 1 to 5 (1:5)

Ratio of 1 to 5

A ratio of 1 to 5 can be written as 1 to 5, 1:5, or 1/5. Furthermore, 1 and 5 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 1 to 5 simply means that for every 1 of something, there are 5 of something else, with a total of 6.

In the box below, you can enter a number in either box and we will calculate the other number to keep the ratio of 1 to 5. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 1:5 for you.

To calculate the left side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the right side by 1 and then divides the product by 5. To calculate the right side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the left side by 5 and then divides the product by 1. Answers are rounded to two decimals if necessary.

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 1:5 that we created using our 1:5 ratio calculator above.

1:5

2:10

3:15

4:20

5:25

6:30

7:35

8:40

9:45

10:50

11:55

12:60

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 1:5 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 6 pieces and then colored 1 pieces green and 5 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 1:5.

1 to 5 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 16.67% and the blue part covers 83.33%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(1 / 6)×100 ≈ 16.67
(5 / 6)×100 ≈ 83.33

In fractional terms, 1/5 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 1 to 5 or 1:5 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 1 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 5 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

1:5 = 1/5

Ratio is often used when defining rectangles in width:height format. Width and height can be feet, inches, centimeters, or any other kind of length. With a ratio of 1 to 5, the width is 1 and the height is 5. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 1:5 looks like.

1 to 5 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 1/5 is 1/5, the simplest form of the ratio 1:5 is also 1:5.

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