In sports, we often use ratios to look at how players and teams are doing. Ratios help us compare performances. Here are a few interesting examples:

1. Scoring Ratios:

   • Imagine a basketball player scoring 25 points in 30 minutes. We can write this as a ratio of $25:30$. If we simplify it, we get $5:6$. This means the player is scoring points pretty efficiently!

2. Win-Loss Ratios:

   • Let’s take a football team that wins 12 games but loses 4. We can make a win-loss ratio of $12:4$. Simplified, that becomes $3:1$. This shows that the team is winning a lot more than it’s losing.

3. Player Efficiency Rating (PER):

   • In basketball, there’s something called the Player Efficiency Rating (PER). It looks at many different stats to see how a player is doing. For example, if a player scores 20 points, gets 10 rebounds, and makes 5 assists, their PER helps show how well they are contributing to their team’s overall performance.

4. Assist-to-Turnover Ratio:

   • Picture a player with 100 assists and 25 turnovers. We can write this as an assist-to-turnover ratio of $100:25$. If we simplify, it turns into $4:1$. This means the player is good at helping their team while not losing the ball too often.

Using ratios helps us understand just how well players and teams are performing in their sports!