Alert 6th grade math hw

can someone explain me what ratios are? i would like them to be specific, and show me examples.

Ratio means proportion, correlation, or relationship.

Eg. The ratio of brown dogs to white dogs is 6:2.  This means there are 6 brown dogs and two white dogs in the group. You could also say that there are 3 times as many brown dogs as white dogs.

You can simplify a ratio.  Take the example we looked at: 6:2.  You could simplify that one by dividing each by the same number. 

You would divide it by 2, and end up with 3:1.  That still says that there are 3 times as many brown dogs as white dogs.

I hope this helps you.