Converting Circle Sectors: Write the Fraction from the Shaded Quadrants

Question

Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Convert from sketch to simple fraction
00:03 To convert to fraction, what's red will be in numerator and black in denominator
00:07 It appears the whole is divided into 4 parts
00:12 Therefore in denominator we'll put 4
00:16 Out of all parts, only 3 are colored
00:20 Therefore we'll put 3 in 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 4 parts, 3 parts are colored.

34 \frac{3}{4}

Answer

34 \frac{3}{4}