Not according to any set of definitions that I have ever heard of. Can you provide an explanation of the difference as you understand it?<p>To give one example, my piece of US Letter paper is 93.5 in^2 in area. One side is 8.5 in long. If I divide these, I find that 93.5 in^2 &#x2F; 8.5 in = 11 in. Is that eleven inches a ratio or a quantity?