Convert Circle Sector to Fraction: Reading the Shaded Region

Write the fraction shown in the diagram as a number:

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00:00 Convert from drawing to simple fraction
00:04 To convert to a fraction, what's red will be in the numerator and black in the denominator
00:09 We can see that the whole is divided into 3 parts
00:14 Therefore we'll put 3 in the denominator
00:19 Out of all parts, only 2 are colored
00:22 Therefore we'll put 2 in the numerator
00:25 And this is the solution to the question

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Write the fraction shown in the diagram as a number:

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Step-by-step solution

The number of parts in the circle represents the denominator of the fraction, while the number of coloured parts represents the numerator.

The circle is divided into 3 parts and 2 parts are coloured.

Hence:

23 \frac{2}{3}

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Final Answer

23 \frac{2}{3}

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Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the division exercise is smaller than 1 or not:

\( 2:1 \)

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