Mixed Numbers at the Feast

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The Métis sash is finger-woven from many strands of yarn. Picture one section of a sash pattern with 8 strands: some red, some blue. A fraction compares a part to the whole. A ratio can compare a part to another part.

Words we'll use

part-to-whole
Compares some of the group to all of the group (red : all strands).
part-to-part
Compares one part of the group to another part (red : blue).