To calculate the ratio, we must first find the values of the two expenditures. The amount spent on renting a hall was 60% of £1000. To represent percentages in decimals, we can simply divide the percentage by 100, resulting in 0.6 here. We can then multiply this value by 1000 to get the amount spent on renting a hall, which comes out to £600
The ratio is then 600 : 250, 60 : 25 (divide both sides by 10) , or 12:5 (divide both sides by another 5)