Ratio of 7 to 4 (7:4)

Ratio of 7 to 4

A ratio of 7 to 4 can be written as 7 to 4, 7:4, or 7/4. Furthermore, 7 and 4 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 7 to 4 simply means that for every 7 of something, there are 4 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 7 to 4. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 7:4 for you.

To calculate the left side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the right side by 7 and then divides the product by 4. To calculate the right side of the ratio, our calculator multiplies the left side by 4 and then divides the product by 7. Answers are rounded to two decimals if necessary.

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 7:4 that we created using our 7:4 ratio calculator above.

7:4

14:8

21:12

28:16

35:20

42:24

49:28

56:32

63:36

70:40

77:44

84:48

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 7:4 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 11 pieces and then colored 7 pieces green and 4 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 7:4.

7 to 4 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 63.64% and the blue part covers 36.36%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(7 / 11)×100 ≈ 63.64
(4 / 11)×100 ≈ 36.36

In fractional terms, 7/4 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 7 to 4 or 7:4 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 7 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 4 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

7:4 = 7/4

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 4, the width is 7 and the height is 4. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 7:4 looks like.

7 to 4 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 7/4 is 7/4, the simplest form of the ratio 7:4 is also 7:4.

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