Divide the first ratio by the second.
If the answer is less than 1 then the first ratio is smaller.
If the answer is equal to 1 then the two ratios are equal.
If the answer is greater than 1 then the first ratio is larger.
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Ratio
not exactly division. Say the ratio of male to female is 1.2 : 1 in China. I am not trying to divide the number of male by the number of female; I am using a colon (:), not a forward slash (/), to express a ratio. What I am trying is to compare the male population to the female. Compare is the key. The second number is, in majority of the cases, the number one, giving the illusion of a division. But 3 : 2 or 6:5 is a ratio too.
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Ratio
A ratio can indicate division. If you have a ratio, x:y, then it can be thought of as x/y.