What is the fraction of a shaded area?
What is the fraction of a shaded area?
Hint:As everything is equally divided, we can say that the fraction of shaded region is equal to the number of shaded parts divided by the number of total parts that are present in the diagram.
What is the fraction of 1 4?
Decimal and Fraction Conversion Chart
| Fraction | Equivalent Fractions | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 | 2/8 | 4/16 |
| 3/4 | 6/8 | 12/16 |
| 1/5 | 2/10 | 4/20 |
| 2/5 | 4/10 | 8/20 |
What does a quarter of a shape look like?
A quarter of a shape fits into the whole shape exactly four times. The shaded fraction fits into the whole shape exactly four times and so it is a quarter. A quarter means one out of four equally sized parts. Since all four of the divided sections are equally sized, this is a quarter.
What is a quarter ks1?
You can find a quarter by dividing something into 4 equal parts. One of those 4 equal parts will be a quarter.
Does it matter which parts are shaded in when shading a fraction?
It does not matter which parts are shaded in when shading a fraction of a shape. The fraction 2 / 3 simply tells us to shade any 2 of the 3 parts in. Two thirds of the rectangle is shaded. Here is another example of colouring a given fraction.
Can You shade a quarter in the 3 star version?
However there is an error in the 3 star version with the question about the rectangles in the bottom right hand corner of the front of the sheet (and the equivalent question on the back) in that you can shade a quarter (the answer sheet says you can’t). Two adjacent different sized rectangles make one quarter.
How many parts of a shape are not shaded in?
When shading in 5 / 6 , there will be 5 parts shaded in, which means that there will be one part that is not shaded in. It does not matter which of the 6 parts you have chosen to not shade in here. There are several possible answers when asked to colour in a fraction of a shape because you can choose different parts to shade in each time.
Can You shade a quarter on a P4 class question?
Using this sheet with a P4 class for revision. However there is an error in the 3 star version with the question about the rectangles in the bottom right hand corner of the front of the sheet (and the equivalent question on the back) in that you can shade a quarter (the answer sheet says you can’t).
