Ratio Simplifier

What Ratio Simplifier is for

Ratio Simplifier is the page to open when you need ratio simplifier from measurements you already have. It belongs with the other math calculators because that is the work this arithmetic supports. The ratio written out is the ratio calculator. Type the entries first. The result stays hidden until you press Calculate, so a half-finished form never flashes a number you might mistake for the answer.

How to fill in this calculator

This page is the written companion for the tool. Where the form asks for a measurement, enter it in the unit printed on that field, then press Calculate. Nothing is computed while you are still typing.

The formula in plain language

To add fractions, convert them to a common denominator, add the numerators, and reduce. A mixed number is a whole plus a fraction. Multiply the whole by the denominator and add the numerator before you do arithmetic. A ratio a:b = c:d solves for the missing term by cross-multiplying. Long division splits a number into a whole quotient and a remainder.

A worked example

1/2 plus 1/3 is 5/6. The mixed number 2 1/4 is 9/4. If 2:3 equals 8:d, then d is 12. 100 divided by 6 is 16 with a remainder of 4, or 16.666....

A ratio, a fraction, and a percent can be the same comparison. After this ratio simplifier result, check percentage calculator and ratio to a decimal.

Mistakes that move the answer

• A denominator of zero is not a fraction.
• Reduce the answer if you are comparing it with a tape that is marked in sixteenths.

How to check the result

After Calculate shows the ratio simplifier result, redo the last operation with a pencil using the rounded figures on the screen. Matching that check means the inputs were read correctly. If you edit a label or a sentence in this HTML file, reload the page. The form and this article both live in the file, so the edit is what visitors will read.