Ratio of 7 to 1 (7:1)

Ratio of 7 to 1

A ratio of 7 to 1 can be written as 7 to 1, 7:1, or 7/1. Furthermore, 7 and 1 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 7 to 1 simply means that for every 7 of something, there are 1 of something else, with a total of 8.

In the box below, you can enter a number in either box and we will calculate the other number to keep the ratio of 7 to 1. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 7:1 for you.

To calculate the left side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the right side by 7 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 7. Answers are rounded to two decimals if necessary.

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 7:1 that we created using our 7:1 ratio calculator above.

7:1

14:2

21:3

28:4

35:5

42:6

49:7

56:8

63:9

70:10

77:11

84:12

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 7:1 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 8 pieces and then colored 7 pieces green and 1 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 7:1.

7 to 1 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 87.5% and the blue part covers 12.5%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(7 / 8)×100 = 87.5
(1 / 8)×100 = 12.5

In fractional terms, 7/1 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 7 to 1 or 7:1 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 7 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 1 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

7:1 = 7/1

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 7 to 1, the width is 7 and the height is 1. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 7:1 looks like.

7 to 1 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 7/1 is 7/1, the simplest form of the ratio 7:1 is also 7:1.

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