Ratio of 5 to 6 (5:6)

Ratio of 5 to 6

A ratio of 5 to 6 can be written as 5 to 6, 5:6, or 5/6. Furthermore, 5 and 6 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 5 to 6 simply means that for every 5 of something, there are 6 of something else, with a total of 11.

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 6. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 5:6 for you.

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

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 5:6 that we created using our 5:6 ratio calculator above.

5:6

10:12

15:18

20:24

25:30

30:36

35:42

40:48

45:54

50:60

55:66

60:72

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 5:6 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 11 pieces and then colored 5 pieces green and 6 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 5:6.

5 to 6 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 45.45% and the blue part covers 54.55%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(5 / 11)×100 ≈ 45.45
(6 / 11)×100 ≈ 54.55

In fractional terms, 5/6 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 5 to 6 or 5:6 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 5 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 6 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

5:6 = 5/6

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 5 to 6, the width is 5 and the height is 6. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 5:6 looks like.

5 to 6 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 5/6 is 5/6, the simplest form of the ratio 5:6 is also 5:6.

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