Ratio of 5 to 8 (5:8)

Ratio of 5 to 8

A ratio of 5 to 8 can be written as 5 to 8, 5:8, or 5/8. Furthermore, 5 and 8 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 5 to 8 simply means that for every 5 of something, there are 8 of something else, with a total of 13.

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 8. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 5:8 for you.

To calculate the left side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the right side by 5 and then divides the product by 8. To calculate the right side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the left side by 8 and then divides the product by 5. Answers are rounded to two decimals if necessary.

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 5:8 that we created using our 5:8 ratio calculator above.

5:8

10:16

15:24

20:32

25:40

30:48

35:56

40:64

45:72

50:80

55:88

60:96

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 5:8 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 13 pieces and then colored 5 pieces green and 8 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 5:8.

5 to 8 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 38.46% and the blue part covers 61.54%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(5 / 13)×100 ≈ 38.46
(8 / 13)×100 ≈ 61.54

In fractional terms, 5/8 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 5 to 8 or 5:8 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 5 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 8 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

5:8 = 5/8

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 8, the width is 5 and the height is 8. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 5:8 looks like.

5 to 8 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 5/8 is 5/8, the simplest form of the ratio 5:8 is also 5:8.

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