@centrox,
centrox wrote:
15:5=3
The ratio of fifteen to five is equal to three.
I know of two ways using figures to express the relation of fifteen to five:
15:3 - fifteen
to three (i.e. the colon is read as 'to')
15/3 - fifteen divided by three
You can also say (or write)
Fifteen to three is as three is to one.
In the ratio A:B, the numbers A and B are sometimes called "terms" with A being the antecedent term, and B being the consequent term.
In the expression "A is to B as C is to D", A, B, C and D are called the terms of the proportion. A and D are called the extremes, and B and C are called the means.