One-fifths
When a whole is divided or cut into five equal parts, then each part is one-fifth or
Two parts make two-fifths or
Three parts make three-fifths or
Four parts make four-fifths or
One-eighth
The square below is divided into 8 equal parts.
Each part is one-eighth or
There can be many fractions like these. You can create your own fraction also.
Here are the steps:
Step 1: Divide the figure into as many equal parts as you wish.
Step 2: Write a number of shaded parts as the numerator and the total number of equal parts as the denominator.
Number of shaded parts
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Total number of parts
The fraction that will represent the circle shown in the figure is
Exercise 7.2
B. Shade each shape as indicated by the given fraction with it.
The fraction wall
Here is the fraction wall.
The first row represents one whole.
The second row is divided into two equal halves or
The third row is divided into three equal parts, so that And so on.
As the denominator increases, the fraction becomes smaller.
Also, two quarters make one half. Or we can say that,
Two one-sixths make one one-third.