A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of games ?

A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of games ?

Explanation

We are to find the ratio of wins to number of games.

According to the given information, we have

the number of games won by the team, n = 6

and the total number of games is given by

N = number of games won + number of games lost = 6 + 8 = 14.

Therefore, the ratio of wins to the number of games is

Thus, the required ratio is 3 : 7.