{"id":223247,"date":"2025-06-01T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=223247"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:35:31","slug":"express-the-following-ratios-in-the-simplest-form-4-litres-to-250-ml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/01\/express-the-following-ratios-in-the-simplest-form-4-litres-to-250-ml\/","title":{"rendered":"Express the following ratios in the simplest form 4 litres to 250 ml"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Express the following ratios in the simplest form 4 litres to 250 ml<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simplified Ratio:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 litres to 250 millilitres = <strong>16:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step-by-step Conversion and Simplification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To simplify a ratio, the units must be the same. Here, one value is in <strong>litres<\/strong> and the other in <strong>millilitres<\/strong>, so we first convert them to the <strong>same unit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 litre = <strong>1000 millilitres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So,<br>4 litres = 4 \u00d7 1000 = <strong>4000 millilitres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the ratio is:<br><strong>4000 ml : 250 ml<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, divide both terms by their greatest common divisor (GCD).<br>GCD of 4000 and 250 is <strong>250<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now divide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4000 \u00f7 250 = 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>250 \u00f7 250 = 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the <strong>simplified ratio is 16:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ratios express how much of one quantity there is compared to another. They are used in many real-life situations like recipes, maps, and business to show relationships between amounts. To accurately interpret and compare ratios, it&#8217;s essential that the units in both quantities are consistent. If the units differ\u2014as in the case of litres and millilitres\u2014conversion is required before simplification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this question, we are given a ratio of <strong>4 litres to 250 millilitres<\/strong>. Since litres and millilitres are both units of volume, but on different scales, we need to convert them to the same unit to simplify. It\u2019s generally easier to convert litres to millilitres because it avoids decimals. Since 1 litre equals 1000 millilitres, 4 litres equals 4000 millilitres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the ratio becomes <strong>4000 millilitres to 250 millilitres<\/strong>. At this point, the ratio is just two numbers with the same units, and we can proceed to simplify by dividing both by the greatest common divisor (GCD). In this case, the GCD of 4000 and 250 is 250. Dividing both numbers by 250 gives the simplified form <strong>16:1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that for every 16 parts of the first quantity (litres), there is 1 part of the second quantity (millilitres). The simplification removes the units, providing a clear, proportional comparison. It helps in understanding and applying the ratio in practical contexts, such as mixing solutions or converting measurements in recipes or industrial processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner4-52.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223248\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Express the following ratios in the simplest form 4 litres to 250 ml The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Simplified Ratio: 4 litres to 250 millilitres = 16:1 Step-by-step Conversion and Simplification To simplify a ratio, the units must be the same. Here, one value is in litres and the other in millilitres, so we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}