The way I was taught it, though, is that ratios are rather different from fractions. You might say 2:1 of tea and honey, but ⅔ tea and ⅓ honey. However, when de

The way I was taught it, though, is that ratios are rather different from fractions. You might say 2:1 of tea and honey, but ⅔ tea and ⅓ honey. However, when describing only one quantity, some people will say 1:2 of honey while others might say 1:3 of honey.