Ratio of 4 to 5 (4:5)

Ratio of 4 to 5

A ratio of 4 to 5 can be written as 4 to 5, 4:5, or 4/5. Furthermore, 4 and 5 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 4 to 5 simply means that for every 4 of something, there are 5 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 4 to 5. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 4:5 for you.

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

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 4:5 that we created using our 4:5 ratio calculator above.

4:5

8:10

12:15

16:20

20:25

24:30

28:35

32:40

36:45

40:50

44:55

48:60

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 4:5 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 9 pieces and then colored 4 pieces green and 5 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 4:5.

4 to 5 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 44.44% and the blue part covers 55.56%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(4 / 9)×100 ≈ 44.44
(5 / 9)×100 ≈ 55.56

In fractional terms, 4/5 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 4 to 5 or 4:5 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 4 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 5 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

4:5 = 4/5

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 4 to 5, the width is 4 and the height is 5. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 4:5 looks like.

4 to 5 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 4/5 is 4/5, the simplest form of the ratio 4:5 is also 4:5.

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