A rice recipe serves 14, but you only need 6 servings. What is the conversion factor?
You have 14, but you will get 6:
14⋅114⋅6=614⋅614=6
The conversion factor is 614 or 37
14/6
pff sorry - if you need 6 you will need the smaller conversion factor
so you times 6/14
....or 3/7 or 0.42857