Ratio of 4 to 2 (4:2)

Ratio of 4 to 2

A ratio of 4 to 2 can be written as 4 to 2, 4:2, or 4/2. Furthermore, 4 and 2 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 4 to 2 simply means that for every 4 of something, there are 2 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 4 to 2. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 4:2 for you.

To calculate the left side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the right side by 4 and then divides the product by 2. To calculate the right side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the left side by 2 and then divides the product by 4. Answers are rounded to two decimals if necessary.

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 4:2 that we created using our 4:2 ratio calculator above.

2:1

4:2

6:3

8:4

10:5

12:6

14:7

16:8

18:9

20:10

22:11

24:12

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 4:2 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 6 pieces and then colored 4 pieces green and 2 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 4:2.

4 to 2 pie ratio

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

(4 / 6)×100 ≈ 66.67
(2 / 6)×100 ≈ 33.33

In fractional terms, 4/2 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 4 to 2 or 4:2 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 4 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 2 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

4:2 = 4/2

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 4 to 2, the width is 4 and the height is 2. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 4:2 looks like.

4 to 2 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 4/2 is 2/1, the simplest form of the ratio 4:2 is also 2:1.

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