Ratio Reasoning to Convert Measurement Units (Using Ratio Table)

Ratio Reasoning to Convert Measurement Units (Using Ratio Table)
Introduction

Ratio reasoning helps you convert measurement units by using the relationship between two units. When you know how many of one unit equa...

Lucy is training for a community bike event and wants to ride 5 miles today.

But her fitness tracker only shows kilometers. What now?

She remembers that 1 mile is approximately 1.6 kilometers. She sets up a ratio table for miles and kilometers.

Then she wonders, what about 2 miles? To find 2 miles, you multiply 1 mile by 2, so ...