Gear ratios can be boiled down to a single statement: Higher ratios (with a lower numerical value) give better torque/acceleration and lower ratios allow for higher top speeds and better fuel economy.

Wouldn’t numbers like 1 be numerically lower than a number like 10? So if it’s a high ratio, wouldn’t that be a numerically high number? Like 6:00 to 1 vs. 1:00 to 1 ?
So 6 to 1 would be a higher numerical ratio than 1 to 1?

Please consider this as I think numerically higher would mean a higher ratio.