Ratio of 5 to 1 (5:1)

Ratio of 5 to 1

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

A ratio of 5 to 1 simply means that for every 5 of something, there are 1 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 5 to 1. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 5:1 for you.

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

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

5:1

10:2

15:3

20:4

25:5

30:6

35:7

40:8

45:9

50:10

55:11

60:12

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

5 to 1 pie ratio

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

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

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

5:1 = 5/1

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 5 to 1, the width is 5 and the height is 1. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 5:1 looks like.

5 to 1 pie rectangle

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

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