Convert Shaded Circle Portion to Fraction: Visual Mathematics Challenge

Question

Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Convert from drawing to simple fraction
00:03 To convert to a fraction, what's red will be in the numerator and black in the denominator
00:08 We can see that the whole is divided into 3 parts
00:13 Therefore we'll put 3 in the denominator
00:17 Out of all parts, only 1 is colored
00:20 Therefore we'll put 1 in the numerator
00:23 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

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 3 parts, 1 part is colored.

Hence:

13 \frac{1}{3}

Answer

13 \frac{1}{3}