Part of an Amount - Examples, Exercises and Solutions

We can see that there are three shaded parts out of six parts in total,

that is - 3/6

But this is not the final answer yet!

Let'snotice that this fraction can be reduced,

meaning, it is possible to divide both the numerator and the denominator by the same number,

so that the fraction does not lose its value. In this case, the number is 3.

3:3=1
6:3=2

And so we get 1/2, or one half.
And if we look at the original drawing, we can see that half of it is colored.

To know what the marked part is, we need to count how many colored squares there are compared to how many squares there are in total.

If we count the colored squares, we see that there are four such squares,

If we count all the squares, we see that there are seven such squares.

Therefore, 4/7 of the squares are marked, and that's the solution!

We need to understand that every fraction is actually a division exercise,

so when we divide 10 tickets among 9 people,

we are dividing 10 by 9

that is 10:9

The division exercise can also be written as a fraction

and that's the solution!