A ratio is a comparison of two quantities. For example, the ratio of cows to pigs on a farm could be 1 to 3. For every 1 cow, there are 3 pigs. The ratio of chocolate chips to raisins in a cookie could be 5 to 9. For every 5 chocolate chips in the cookie, there are 9 raisins. Do you notice a repeating phrase in these examples? “For every” is key ratio language. It tells you how much of one quantity exists in comparison to the other quantity. A ratio consists of just the numbers, not the units. If someone asked the ratio of chocolate chips to raisins in the cookie example, you’d say 5 to 9.

On the way home from visiting his family, vincent’s plane cruised at an altitude of 3.2 × 10^4 feet. he had heard that a man named felix baumgartner skydived from an altitude of 1.28 × 10^5 feet. vincent wants to know how much higher felix went on his skydiving trip. question 1 you have already seen how adding numbers works in either scientific notation or standard notation. but can you subtract numbers in scientific notation and get the same results as subtracting in standard notation? to find out, first solve vincent’s problem in standard notation. part a write the cruising altitude of vincent’s plane in standard notation.