Convert Grid Representation to Fraction: Interpreting Shaded Squares

Question

Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:

00:00 Convert sketch to simple fraction

00:03 To convert to fraction, red will be numerator and black will be denominator

00:10 We can see that the whole is divided into 12 parts

00:13 Therefore in the denominator we'll put 12

00:18 Out of all parts, only 6 are colored

00:25 Therefore we'll put 6 in the numerator

00:28 We'll reduce the fraction as much as possible

00:33 Make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:39 And this is the solution to the question

The number of parts in the circle represents the denominator of the fraction, and the number of colored parts represents the numerator.

The circle is divided into 12 parts, 6 parts are colored.

$\frac{6}{12}=\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{1}{2}$