Ratio of 5 to 5 (5:5)

Ratio of 5 to 5

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

A ratio of 5 to 5 simply means that for every 5 of something, there are 5 of something else, with a total of 10.

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 5. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 5:5 for you.

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

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

1:1

2:2

3:3

4:4

5:5

6:6

7:7

8:8

9:9

10:10

11:11

12:12

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 5:5 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 10 pieces and then colored 5 pieces green and 5 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 5:5.

5 to 5 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 50% and the blue part covers 50%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(5 / 10)×100 = 50
(5 / 10)×100 = 50

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

5:5 = 5/5

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

5 to 5 pie rectangle

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

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