Ratio of 3 to 6 (3:6)

Ratio of 3 to 6

A ratio of 3 to 6 can be written as 3 to 6, 3:6, or 3/6. Furthermore, 3 and 6 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 3 to 6 simply means that for every 3 of something, there are 6 of something else, with a total of 9.

In the box below, you can enter a number in either box and we will calculate the other number to keep the ratio of 3 to 6. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 3:6 for you.

To calculate the left side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the right side by 3 and then divides the product by 6. To calculate the right side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the left side by 6 and then divides the product by 3. Answers are rounded to two decimals if necessary.

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 3:6 that we created using our 3:6 ratio calculator above.

1:2

2:4

3:6

4:8

5:10

6:12

7:14

8:16

9:18

10:20

11:22

12:24

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 3:6 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 9 pieces and then colored 3 pieces green and 6 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 3:6.

3 to 6 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 33.33% and the blue part covers 66.67%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(3 / 9)×100 ≈ 33.33
(6 / 9)×100 ≈ 66.67

In fractional terms, 3/6 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 3 to 6 or 3:6 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 3 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 6 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

3:6 = 3/6

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 3 to 6, the width is 3 and the height is 6. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 3:6 looks like.

3 to 6 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 3/6 is 1/2, the simplest form of the ratio 3:6 is also 1:2.

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