To begin set up a proportion based on the ratio of sculptures to paintings. Here the ratio is also 3 blue squares to 1 yellow square even though there are more squares. The difference between ratio and proportion can be drawn clearly on the following grounds.
The ratio between the cost of the markers to the number of markers youre buying 1150 to 9 is equal to the ratio of the cost of 7 markers to the number of markers which is obviously 7.
While looking at the prices of various groceries you can easily illustrate ratios using two different boxes of cereal. Ratios are usually written in the form ab and can be used on maps to show the scale in relation to real life. Part Whole Percent 100. You could also think about the ratios in other ways.