Ratio of 7 to 8 (7:8)

Ratio of 7 to 8

A ratio of 7 to 8 can be written as 7 to 8, 7:8, or 7/8. Furthermore, 7 and 8 can be the quantity or measurement of anything, such as students, fruit, weights, heights, speed and so on.

A ratio of 7 to 8 simply means that for every 7 of something, there are 8 of something else, with a total of 15.

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 8. In other words, we will calculate the corresponding equivalent ratio of 7:8 for you.

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

Below is a list of equivalent ratios of 7:8 that we created using our 7:8 ratio calculator above.

7:8

14:16

21:24

28:32

35:40

42:48

49:56

56:64

63:72

70:80

77:88

84:96

We have also created a pie chart for you to put 7:8 ratio in perspective. To do so, we divided a pie into 15 pieces and then colored 7 pieces green and 8 pieces blue. The pie will look exactly the same using any equivalent ratio of 7:8.

7 to 8 pie ratio

The green part of the pie covers 46.67% and the blue part covers 53.33%. To calculate the percentages, we divided each side of the ratio by its total and then multiplied by 100, like this:

(7 / 15)×100 ≈ 46.67
(8 / 15)×100 ≈ 53.33

In fractional terms, 7/8 of the pie above is colored in green. This means that the ratio of 7 to 8 or 7:8 can also be expressed as a fraction, where the 7 to the left of the colon is the numerator and the 8 to the right of the colon is the denominator:

7:8 = 7/8

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 7 to 8, the width is 7 and the height is 8. Below is a picture of what a rectangle with a ratio of 7:8 looks like.

7 to 8 pie rectangle

Since the simplest form of the fraction 7/8 is 7/8, the simplest form of the ratio 7:8 is also 7:8.

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