3:1 reads as three to one or three verse one?

"Three to one," in any context that i can think of--with the colon between the numbers, it's how ratios are commonly expressed

If you are outnumbered 3:1, it means three of them for every one on your side. If you are offered 3:1 odds, it means if you win, you get three dollars (euros, yen, etc) for every one you bet.

In scriptural citations, "Exodus 3:1" would mean
the book of Exodus, chapter 3, verse 1.

Good point, George, i didn't think of that . . . i don't often think about scripture.

Imagine my shock.

hehehehehehehe . . .

I believe he knows that. I believe he understands what a ratio is. I think he desires to know how to read aloud a ratio expressed as number, colon, number. He gave the example 3:1. OristarA, you read the numbers and say the word "to" for the colon thus: "Three to one".

Unless you're talking about time, when 3:01 would be one minute after three o'clock, and would be read "three oh one" usually, 3:10 would be "three ten". And 15:10 would mean you were European and were talking about what Yanks would call 3:10 PM.

True, but since Set explained that, why would I repeat?