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

________________________

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.